Barringer Ore Bank Mine

Past Producer in Catawba county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10078880
MRDS ID W027576
Record type Site
Current site name Barringer Ore Bank Mine
Related records 10272655

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.19538, 35.64704 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position 3.0 KM ESE OF NEWTON; 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

Newton(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

  • WEST OF ANDERSON MOUNTAIN RANGE

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
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mica Gneiss Unit
    Rock description Mica Gneiss Unit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.19538, 35.64704

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Hornblende Gneiss Unit And Mica Gneiss Unit

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

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF ORE SHIPPED; ADDED TO LOCAL BROWN HEMATITE ORES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME IRON ORE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

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

Comments on development

  • AT LEAST 14 IRON MINES WORKED IN THE ANDERSON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT; ORE BED EXTENDS 0.4 KM TO NORTHEAST OUTCROPPING IN ROADCUT

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. 112 , 113

  • 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 NEWTON 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 ORE OCCURS IN DISORDERED ARRANGEMENT IN DIFFERING SIZES IN GRANITIC ROCK

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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