North Carolina · Lincoln County
Occurrence

Lawson Bess Prospect

Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPODS
Ore controlOre In Syenite
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1800
Identification
Deposit ID10089585
MRDS IDW027533
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.46288, -81.40371
References
NITZE, 1893NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 113 , 114PROSPECT IN CHERRYVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION