Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlOre In Actinolite Schist; Near Contact Of Granite Stringer In Mica Schist Unit
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist
StructureNorthnortheast
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1800
Discovery year1800
Identification
Deposit ID10106057
MRDS IDW027590
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.27538, -81.27593
References
NITZE, 1893; KERR, 1893NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 105KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT VOL. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 161MINE IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS