North Carolina · Catawba County
Past Producer

Abernathy Ore Bank Mine

Catawba County, North Carolina, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlNear Contact Of Metamorphic Rock Units; Ore In Talcose Schists
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
Geology
StructureNorthnortheast
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1800
Discovery year1800
Identification
Deposit ID10078881
MRDS IDW027577
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.62177, -81.0362
References
NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 93KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT VOL. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 159MINE IN DENVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONSKERR, 1893