James S. Parker Manganese Property

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078917
MRDS ID W027621
Record type Site
Current site name James S. Parker Manganese Property
Related records 10296972

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.33871, 35.19317 (WGS84)
Elevation 283
Relative position 5.4 KM SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(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 Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • ON WESTERN SPUR OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HAND PICKED SURFICIAL ORE MASSES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTS 15 TO 57 PERCENT MANGANESE METAL DEPENDING ON SKILL OF HAND SORTERS
Result ALSO ABOUT 5 PERCENT IRON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blacksburg Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Plunging Nne Kings Mountain Range Antiform

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 3.7M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Garnetiferous Manganiferous Schist Lenses At Top Of Battleground Schist Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • LOW-GRADE BLACK MANGANESE DEPOSIT WITH PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE VOLUME OF LOW-GRADE MANGANIFEROUS SCHISTS PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; SMALL CUT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    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 , TEXT 14 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOCHEM WHITE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO ORE ZONES, EACH NEARLY 2 M THICK; MANGANESE CONTENT DECREASES WITH DEPTH
Deposit BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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