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Cephas Quickel Iron Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078849
MRDS ID W027528
Record type Site
Current site name Cephas Quickel Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.21954, 35.47566 (WGS84)
Elevation 294
Relative position 0.5 KM SSW OF BOLGER CITY; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincolnton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(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 Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWESTERN END OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON ORE IN IRREGULAR POCKETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE ORE ANALYSIS SHOWS IN PERCENT FE 54.32 , SI 4.94 , S 0.037 , P 0.84

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.21954, 35.47566
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 E
    Dip SOUTHERLY
    Thickness 1M

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 Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF IRON ORE SHIPPED TO LOCAL FORGES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME IRON ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3M
    Overall length 2200M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF SHALLOW PITS EXTENDING FOR 2.2 KM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1893

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 87

  • Deposit

    MINE IN LINCOLNTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION OF FERRUGENOUS BEDROCK, EXTENDING TO UNKNOWN DEPTH; ORE BED THICKNESS FROM 15 CM NEAR SURFACE TO 1 M AT 3 M DEPTH
Deposit ORE ZONE IN HYRO-MICA SCHISTS WITH YELLOWISH QUARTZ BETWEEN WALLS OF DARK RED TO DARK YELLOWISH SLATE
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1800

Reporter information

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

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