North Carolina · Catawba County
Past Producer

Piedmont Wagon Company Mine

Catawba County, North Carolina, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeResidual
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1860
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10106052
MRDS IDW027519
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.64843, -81.4276
References
NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 116MINE IN LONGVIEW TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONNITZE, 1893