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43. Gahnite. 
Gahnite, or Automolite, is mentioned by General Clingman as occur- 
ring in Clcaveland county. 
44. Magnetite. 
This is the most abundant and most valuable iron ore in North Caro* 
lina. It occurs in small octahedral crystals in the slates at Fisher’s Peak* 
and Chestnut Mountain* in Surry countv, also at Bull’s Head, in Alle- 
ghany county, in quartzose sand rock at Cooke’s Gap,* W atauga county, 
at Capp’s Hill, in Mecklenburg county, and Fisher Hill, in Guilford. 
It occurs in its granular variety, mixed with muscovite, manganiferous 
garnet, etc. at Buckhorn,* in Chatham county, and mixed with menacea- 
nite and occasionally with corundum, in a succession of beds, passing 
through the gneissoid rocks of Davidson, Guilford, Forsythe and Rock- 
ingham counties*. There appear to be several isolated outcrops north- 
west of this band and betweeen it and the Dan river, and also in Ran- 
dolph and Montgomery counties. A band of granular magnetite, free 
from titanic acid, mixed with aetinolite, tremolite and a little epidote, 
passes from near Danbury,* in Stokes county, and also from Surry county, 
through Yadkin,* Forsythe, Davie, Lincoln, and Gaston counties.* It 
contains some of the most valuable ore beds. It is also found in large 
beds near Newton, in Catawba county,* also in Mecklenburg and Cabar- 
rus counties. Some very valuable ore beds of crystalline magnetite occur 
in Mitchell county, the most extensive probably at Cranberry.* A bed 
of granular ore, similar to the ores of Surry county, is worked at the 
north fork of New river, near the mouth of Hilton creek,* in Ashe 
county. There are several other localities, from which I have seen mag- 
netite, but they are of less importance than those enumerated. 
45. Chromite. 
Occurs in the chrysolite beds, which form lenticular masses in the 
hornblende slates, etc., in minute octahedral crystals and granular 
masses near Franklin,* in Macon county, Webster, in Jackson county, 
Mining creek,* near Hampton’s, in Yancey county, in small quantities 
near Bakersville,* Mitchell county, and on South Toe river,* and on 
Rich Mountain,* Watauga county. Where it is found in abundance, it 
may become a valuable ore, when it can be brought to market. A 
