Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlGranular Gray Magnetite In Talcose And Quartzose Gange
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureNorthnortheast
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10078895
MRDS IDW027594
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.24761, -81.29732
References
NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 107KERR, 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. 161 , 162KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., MINE TEXT P. 9 , MINE SITED ON MAP AT 1:62,500MINE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONSNITZE, 1893