Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPARALLEL VEINS
Ore controlNear Contact Of Schist Unit And Quartzite Unit
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Kings Mountain Quartzite
StructureNorth-Northeast
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10078896
MRDS IDW027595
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.23789, -81.27871
References
NITZE, 1893 , KERRNITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 108 , 109KERR, 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. 166KEITH, 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 1:62,500PROSPECT 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 LOCATIONS