Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiarySulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlNear Contact Of Granite Stringer In Mica Schist Unit
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist
StructureNorthnortheast
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1840
Discovery year1840
Identification
Deposit ID10078892
MRDS IDW027591
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.25817, -81.29121
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. 105 , 106KERR, 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. 161MINE IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONSKERR, 1893