Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBEDDED
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockSchist
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1863
Last production1873
Identification
Deposit ID10099353
MRDS IDRE00505
Alternate namesIncludes Douglass Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.51677, -78.96031
References
NITZE, H.B.C., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, P. 44