Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlOre In Micaceous Schists; Footwall Syenitic Schist
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite, Magnetite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1776
Discovery year1776
Identification
Deposit ID10078889
MRDS IDW027587
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.5101, -81.13204
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. 90 - 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 MAIDEN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000KERR, W. C., 1875 , PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, RESUME ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT VOL. 1 , TEXT 324 P., MINE TEXT P. 2521875 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1893 RECON NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS