Big Ore Bank Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10078889
MRDS ID W027587
Record type Site
Current site name Big Ore Bank Mine
Related records 10297305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.13204, 35.5101 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Relative position 1.5 KM SE OF PUMPKIN CENTER; 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

Maiden(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 Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • WESTERN SLOPE OF SOUTHERN ANDERSON MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR ORE OCCURRENCES MINED AND SMELTED FOR LOCAL USE; SUPPLIED FURNACES IN AT LEAST THREE LOCALITIES; LARGEST MINE IN AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result FOUR SAMPLE ANALYSES IN PERCENT
Result FE 58.56 TO 68.40 , S 0.12 TO 0.068 , P 0.006 TO 0.082 TI ACID 0.0
Result IN ONE SAMPLE ALO 2.46 , CAO 0.27 , MGO 4.33

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.13204, 35.5101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Thickness 5.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Micaceous Schists; Footwall Syenitic Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1776
Year of first production 1776

Mining district

District name Anderson Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A RATHER SIZABLE AMOUNT OF IRON ORES SHIPPED FROM THIS LONG BELT OF WORKINGS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME IRON ORE REMAINS AT DEPTH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 36M
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 1463.04M
    Overall width 187.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST MINE IN DISTRICT; MINING CONSISTED OF HAND-PICKING RESIDUAL IRON ORE COBBLE AND GRAVEL FLOAT AND MINING OF IRON ORE FROM OXIDIZED BEDROCK; LAST MINED 1882

Comments on development

  • THE LARGEST MINE OF AT LEAST 14 IRON MINES WORKED IN THE ANDERSON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MULTIPLE LENSES IN BED; LENS SIZES DIFFER; THREE 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-MAR-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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