Mine detail: Cooper Magnetite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.14592, -81.98651

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite
Gangue:	Epidote, Hornblende
Orebody form:	LINEAR, PINCH AND SWELL, LENS
Discovery year:	1884

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1884

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Cranberry Granite; Complex Of Intertonguing Rock Types Including Migmatite, Granitic Gneisses, Monzonite, Quartz Diorite, Greenstone, Mica And Hornblende Schists, Abundant Granitic Pegmatite
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Northwesterly, Granite Becomes Less Platy And Interfoliated Gneisses Become Less Abundant As Distance From Vein Increases.
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K004786
DEP	10026379
Reference	{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:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1, 239 P.}{Deposit:: 1893 OTHER NITZE, H. B. C., N. C. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 1}{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:: NITZE, 1893, P. 180.}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.