North Carolina · Catawba County
Occurrence

Champion Avenue Limonite Occurrence

Catawba County, North Carolina, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeResidual
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1800
Identification
Deposit ID10089579
MRDS IDW027517
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.73816, -81.3426
References
NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 115OCCURRENCE IN HICKORY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONNITZE, 1893