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Piney Creek Mine

Past Producer in Ashe county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026392
MRDS ID K004803
Record type Site
Current site name Piney Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Ballou Mine
Related records 10296742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.47732, 36.4973 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.4 MILES NE OF STATE RT. 194 BRIDGE OVER BIG HORSE CREEK (BINA COMMUNITY), AND ON N SIDE OF PINEY CREEK ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Ashe

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS VERY APPROXIMATE; DESCRIBED AS ON PINEY CREEK NEAR JUNCTION OF PINEY CREEK AND LANSING ROADS, ON NE SIDE OF CREEK A FEW FEET ABOVE CREEK LEVEL, ON LAND OF U. BALLOU.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NITZE (IN BAYLEY, 1923) GIVES ADDITIONAL ANALYSES OF BOTH HARD AND SOFT, EARTHY ORE FROM THE MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result HARD, COARSE, GRANULAR ORE (NITZE, IN BAYLEY, 1923): 62.10% FE, 3.12% SIO2, 3.66% MN, 0.085% S, 0.017% P, P:FE RATIO 0.027

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.47732, 36.4973
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PINCH AND SWELL
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • J. H. PRATT IN BAYLEY (1923) STATES THAT THE "...ORE IS VERY COARSE GRAINED, VERY FREE FROM GANGUE, BUT IT CONTAINS NEAR ITS CENTER A 15 INCH SEAM OR VEIN OF SOFT BROWNISH BLACK MANGANESE - IRON OXIDE." COUNTRY ROCKS ARE NOT EXPOSED NEAR THE MINE, BUT "...AT THE FIRST CROSS - ROAD SOUTH OF THE OPENINGS THERE ARE ABUNDANT EXPOSURES OF A PINK AUGEN - GRANITE - GNEISS."

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poison Branch Belt Of Deposits

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U. Ballou

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATES ARE CALCULATED ON THE PREMISE THAT A 12 - FOOT WIDTH OF ORE IS MAINTAINED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER WORKINGS, ABOVE A DEPTH OF 100 FEET BELOW CREEK LEVEL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • BAYLEY (1923) NOTES THAT THE MINE WORKINGS INCLUDE THREE OPEN CUTS TRENDING UP THE SLOPE OF THE HILL. THE CUT NEAR THE CREEK WAS CAVED AT THE TIME OF HIS VISIT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE MAGNETITE IS EASILY SEPARATED FROM GANGUE AND IS EXCEPTIONALLY LOW IN PHOSPHOROUS AND SULFUR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO BAYLEY (1923), THE POISON BRANCH BELT IS A CONTINUOUS SERIES OF DEPOSITS, WITH EACH DEPOSIT COMPRISED OF A NUMBER OF NEARLY PARALLEL, CLOSELY SPACED VEINS. COMMERCIAL PORTIONS OF THE ORE BODIES A "...IN THE FORM OF VEINS OR DIKES OF RICH MAGNETITE THAT CUT MASSES OF LEANER ORE. THE LEAN ORE COMPRISES THE LENSES."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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