Mine detail: Red Hill Mines

Location:	Ashe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.53758, -81.42482
dep_id:	10026394
mrds_id:	K004805
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Trace mineral:	Iron, Pig Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Magnetite, Pyrite
gangue:	Epidote, Hornblende
orebody_fm:	LENS, PINCH AND SWELL
Reporter:	Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type:	Gneiss
arock_unit:	Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
arock_type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Northeast
tectonic:	Blue Ridge
References:	Deposit:: BRYANT, B., AND REED, J. C., JR., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 521, 13 P. 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:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1, 239 P. Deposit:: 1 893 OTHER NITZE, H.B.C., N. C. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 1 Deposit:: 1923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 29 Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. DEVEL. Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIR. 521