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Unnamed Fe prospect, Buckeye Knob area, Watauga County, North Carolina, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 18' 51'' North , 81° 48' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.31417,-81.80917
GRN:
N25W47
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Valle Crucis412 (2017)12.0km
Beech Mountain320 (2017)13.5km
Boone18,156 (2017)16.2km
Foscoe1,370 (2017)17.4km
Seven Devils192 (2017)17.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
191914
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:191914:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Ref.: Bartholomew, M. J., (in progress 1976), Mineral Resources Summary of the Sherwood Quadrangle, North Carolina and Tennessee: North Carolina Geology and Mineral Resources Sestion MRS 214-S.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026411.

An Fe prospect located one mile W of Buckeye Knob.

Mineralization is magnetite which occurs in an aegirine granitic gneiss as crystals up to 2 mm. Nearby, abundant secondary replacement hematite occurs within float.

Local grology is a ridge underlain by aegirine granitic gneiss near a low-angle thrust fault.

Workings include a rectangular prospect pit elongated in a NE direction and is about 45 feet by 20 feet by 3 feet deep.
Ref.: Bartholomew, M. J., (in progress 1976), Mineral Resources Summary of the Sherwood Quadrangle, North Carolina and Tennessee: North Carolina Geology and Mineral Resources Sestion MRS 214-S.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10096980.

An Fe prospect located one mile W of Buckeye Knob. Prospecting was reported during the early 1900's.

Mineralization is magnetite which occurs in an aegirine granitic gneiss as crystals up to 2 mm. Nearby, abundant secondary replacement hematite occurs within float.

Local grology is a ridge underlain by aegirine granitic gneiss near a low-angle thrust fault.

Workings include a circular pit about 30 feet in diameter and 3 feet deep.

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
NaSodium
Naⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
FeIron
Feⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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