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John A. Allen Mine

Past Producer in Davie 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 10078851
MRDS ID W027531
Record type Site
Current site name John A. Allen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.46118, 35.93481 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 1.7 KM NE OF CORNATZER; PROSPECT LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davie(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Advance(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Davie

Comments on the location information

  • ON A RIDGE CREST IN THE EASTERN PIEDMONT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RATHER BROAD, LINEAR MAGNETITE OCCURRENCE WITH HIGH TITANIUM CONTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Hornblende Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE ORE ANALYSIS SHOWS IN PERCENT FE 52.8 , SI 5.5 , S 0.11 , P 0.02 , TI ACID 8.00

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metamorphosed Granitic Rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 30M
    Length 600M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1862

Mining district

District name Mocksville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE SHIPPED TO HAINES FORGE ON DUTCHMAN'S CREEK 6.4 KM TO EAST

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME IRON ORE, ESPECIALLY LOW-GRADE, REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6M
    Overall width 4.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF PITS AND A SHAFT

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. 85

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN ADVANCE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF MAGNETITE GRANULES IN HORNBLENDIC COUNTRYROCK; COMPACT BED OF MAGNETITE 4.5 M THICK
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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