Ashe Mining Company Magnetite Mine (Waughbank Property; Marble Magnetite; Ballou's Horse Creek Ore Bank), Ashe Co., North Carolina, USA
Latitude: 36°29'36"N
Longitude: 81°30'19"W
REF: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. AN
Commodities (Major) - Iron; (Trace) - Iron - Pig Iron
Development Status: Past Producer
Structure: Northeast
Host Rock: Gneiss
Tectonic Structure: Blue Ridge
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