| Deposit ID | 10078916 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027620 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | T. F. Fletcher, Manganese Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.28232, 35.24483 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 241 |
| Relative position | 5.7 KM EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gaston(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kings Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Gaston |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Spessartite | Gangue |
| Result | REPORTS 15 TO 57 PERCENT MANGANESE METAL DEPENDING ON SKILL OF HAND SORTERS |
|---|---|
| Result | ALSO ABOUT 5 PERCENT IRON |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| |||
| (1) | -81.28232, 35.24483 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Plunging Nne Kings Mountain Range Antiform |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.2M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Last Prospector, Before 1944 Was American Mineral And Chemical Co. |
| Home office | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Last year | 1944 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027620 |
SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931
KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222 : USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S. TEXT 13 P., SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1:62,500
WHITE, WILLIAM A., 1944 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA (ADVANCE REPORT): NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, M.I. NO. 2 , MINE TEXT P. 4 , 5 , TEXT 14 P.
PROSPECT SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS
1944 GEOCHEM WHITE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANGANESE MASSES; MANGANESE CONTENT DECREASES WITH DEPTH AS VEINS AND STAINS |
| Deposit | BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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