Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiarySulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPARALLEL BEDS
Ore controlOre Zone Extends Partially Along Fault, And Contact Between Gneiss, Schist, And Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Battleground Schist
StructureNorthnortheast, Ore Zone Partly Along Nne Trending Fault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10106058
MRDS IDW027596
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.21705, -81.32232
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. 107 , 108KERR, 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. 162KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., MINE TEXT P. 9, MINE SITED ON MAP AT 1:62,500MINE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS