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Little John Ore Bank Mine

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078879
MRDS ID W027575
Record type Site
Current site name Little John Ore Bank Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.0187, 35.6651 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Relative position 7.1 KM SE OF CATAWBA; 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

Catawba(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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

  • NORTHEAST OF ANDERSON MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR ORE OCCURRENCES MINED AND SMELTED FOR LOCAL USE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.0187, 35.6651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 60 E
    Thickness 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Mica Gneiss Unit And Small Granitic Body

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 Anderson Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ONLY A MINOR AMOUNT OF ORE SHIPPED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME IRON ORE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING CONSISTED OF HAND - PICKING RESIDUAL IRON ORE COBBLE AND GRAVEL FLOAT AND SHALLOW MINING OF IRON ORE FROM OXIDIZED BEDROCK

Comments on development

  • AT LEAST 14 IRON MINES WORKED IN THE ANDERSON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT; ANOTHER SMALL IRON ORE WORKING IS ABOUT 0.5 KM NORTH OF THE LITTLE JOHN SITE

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. 90

  • Deposit

    KERR, 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. 168

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CATAWBA TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    KERR, 1893

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MULTIPLE LENSES IN BED; LENS SIZES DIFFER MOSTLY TWO PARALLELING LENS HORIZONS WITH COMBINED THICKNESS USUALLY 3.7 M OR LESS, WITH INTERVAL OF TALCOSE AND CHLORITIC SCHISTS 3.7 M TO 6 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

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