Mine detail: Greenlee and Ray and Tester Magnetite Mine

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Location:	Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.17037, -82.01345
dep_id:	10026374
mrds_id:	K004779
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Magnetite
gangue:	Hornblende
orebody_fm:	LENS, PINCH AND SWELL
Reporter:	Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type:	Gneiss
arock_unit:	Cranberry Granite; Complex Of Intertonguing Rock Types Including Migmatite, Granitic Gneisses, Monzonite, Quartz Diorite, Greenstone, Mica And Hornblende Schists, Abundant Granitic Pegmatite
arock_type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Westerly, Granite Becomes Less Platy And Interfoliated Gneisses Become Less Abundant As Distance From Vein Increases.
tectonic:	Blue Ridge
References:	Deposit:: STUCKEY, J. L., 1965, NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: RALEIGH, N. C., NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., 550 P. Deposit:: BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P. Deposit:: KLINE, M. H., AND BALLARD, T. J., 1948, CRANBERRY MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, AVERY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. RI 4274, 85 P. Deposit:: 1923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 29 Deposit:: GOLDICH, S. S., AND WEDOW, HELMUTH, JR., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN - FILE REPORT. Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL. Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIR. 521 Production:: BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 120.