Mine detail: Ashe Mining Company Magnetite Mine

Previously called 'Waughbank PropertyMarble MagnetiteBallo* Horse Creek Ore Bank'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.49341, -81.5051

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Iron, Pig Iron
Gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Dolomite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Phlogopite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1825

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1828

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Gneiss,Pegmatite
Structure:Northeast
Tectonic:Blue Ridge

References

MRDSK004816
DEP10026403
Reference{Deposit:: BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P.}{Deposit:: PRATT, J. H., 1914, THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1911 AND 1912: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY ECON. PAPER NO. 34, 342 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. SURV. BULL. 1}{Deposit:: 1914 OTHER PRATT, J. H., N. C. GEOL. & EC. PAPER 34}{Deposit:: 1923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 29}{Production:: BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 196 - 197}{Reserve-Resource:: BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 197}
ReporterHale, Robin C.