Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlGarnetiferous Manganiferous Schist Lenses At Top Of Battleground Schist Unit
Materials
GangueMagnetite, Quartz, Spessartite
Geology
Host rockSchist
StructurePlunging Nne Kings Mountain Range Antiform
Tectonic settingNne Trending Folds And Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10078918
MRDS IDW027622
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.16733, -81.36343
References
SRC.REF: WHITE, 1944KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222 : USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1:62,500WHITE, WILLIAM A., 1944 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA (ADVANCE REPORT): NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, M.I. NO. 2 , MINE TEXT P. 4 , TEXT 14 P.MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS1944 GEOCHEM WHITE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION AND ORE ANALYSISKEITH, 1931