North Carolina · Gaston County
Occurrence

Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl - 003

Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
Iron
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Commodities
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlDisseminated Magnetite In Garnetiferous Schist Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockSchist
StructureNne Trending Folds And Faults, North Trending Crowders Mountain Antiform
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1893
Identification
Deposit ID10089437
MRDS IDW026485
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.23594, -81.27093
References
SRC.REF: NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , PG. 109NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , THE IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , MINE TEXT P. 109 , TEXT 239 P.KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000 LOCATES PROSPECT SITE BY MINE ADIT SYMBOLNITZE, H.B.C., 1893, THE IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, MINE TEXT, P. 109.NITZE, 1893