Mine detail: Hall-Starbuck Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 35.0965, -84.02934

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Limonite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1917, 1920
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host rock:Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation, Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites;Nottely Quartzite, Medium-Graine D Orthoquartzites
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Metadiorite, Dark Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite, Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed D10rites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism;;Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite, Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Me Tadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar, Quartz Through Metamorphism
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline
Tectonic:Geosyncline
Alteration processes:Weathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite

References

MRDSK002600
DEP10102347
Reference{Deposit:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, DEPOSITS OF BROWN IRON ORES (BROWN HEMATITE) IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY BULL. 31, 76 P.}{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, A.F., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE CHEROKEE IRON DEPOSITS, CHEROKEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RPT. INV. R.I. 3974, 31 P.}{Deposit:: POWER, W.R., AND FORREST, J.T., 1973, STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 273, P. 698-711.}{Deposit:: 1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31}{Deposit:: 1946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 3974}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER}{Production:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31}
ReporterHale, Robin C.