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Hale Limonite Workings

Past Producer in Catawba county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078844
MRDS ID W027516
Record type Site
Current site name Hale Limonite Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.31843, 35.73204 (WGS84)
Elevation 296
Relative position 1.8 KM DUE EAST OF HICKORY; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catawba(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hickory(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Catawba

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF SOUTH MOUNTAINS; ADJACENT TO URBAN AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR ORE OCCURRENCE MINED AND SMELTED FOR LOCAL USE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.31843, 35.73204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800
Year of first production 1800

Mining district

District name Hickory Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY VERY LITTLE ORE SHIPPED TO BENT FORGE ON HENRY'S FORK

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY MINOR AMOUNT OF IRON ORE REMAINS; AREA NOW URBANIZED

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING CONSISTED OF HAND-PICKING RESIDUAL IRON ORE COBBLES AND GRAEL FLOAT AND POSSIBLY SHALLOW MINING FROM BEDROCK

Comments on development

  • ONE OF SEVERAL IRON ORE OCCURRENCES IN HICKORY AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 115

  • Deposit

    MINE IN HICKORY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1893 RECON NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    NITZE, 1893

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION FROM FERRUGINOUS BEDROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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