James Battle Mine

Past Producer in Harnett 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084215
MRDS ID W101368
Record type Site
Current site name James Battle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.94864, 35.5001 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harnett(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cokesbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cape Fear(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Harnett

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.94864, 35.5001

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ MAGNETITE ROCK WITH MINOR EPIDOTE, GARNET, PYRITE AND SPHALERITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.607HA

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, 1893, NC GS BULL. 1

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P.A.,III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 84, P. 38-39.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.