North Carolina · Lincoln County
Past Producer

Cephas Quickel Iron Mine

Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeResidual
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Tectonic settingStrongly Folded Beds
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1800
Discovery year1800
Identification
Deposit ID10078849
MRDS IDW027528
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.47566, -81.21954
References
NITZE, 1893NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 87MINE IN LINCOLNTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION