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Ferguson Iron Mine

Past Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Sulfur
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078892
MRDS ID W027591
Record type Site
Current site name Ferguson Iron Mine
Related records 10175782

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.29121, 35.25817 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 3.2 KM SSW OF BESSEMER CITY ATHLETIC FIELD; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(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 Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE; NORTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR ORE OCCURRENCES MINED AND SMELTED FOR LOCAL USE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result THREE ANAYLSES SHOW IN PERCENT FE 57.6 TO 67.18 , SI 4.67 TO 12.72 , S 0.012 TO 0.11 , P 0.05 TO 0.082 , TI ACID NONE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.29121, 35.25817
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northnortheast

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip STEEPLY NW
    Thickness 2.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Granite Stringer In Mica Schist Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Year of first production 1840

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE SHIPPED TO LOCAL SMELTER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME LOW-GRADE MAGNETITE IRON ORE PROBABLY REMAINS; UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF PYRITE AT DEPTH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.5M
    Overall depth 20M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT BOTTOMED AT GROUND WATER LEVEL; MINE WORKED OUT TO WATER LEVEL

Comments on development

  • MINE IN ONE OF SEVERAL IRON ORE BELTS IN BESSEMER CITY AREA; CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF PYRITE PRESENT AT THIS MINE

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. 105 , 106

  • 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. 161

  • Deposit

    MINE IN BESSEMER CITY 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 THREE PARALLEL ORE HORIZONS 9 M TO 15 M APART; LENSES IN HORIZONS DIFFER IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

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

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