Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl - 003

Occurrence in Gaston 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. 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 10089437
MRDS ID W026485
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl - 003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.27093, 35.23594 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Relative position 6.8 KM EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTHEAST FLANK OF CROWDERS MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR IRON ORE PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result OF BROWN HEMATITE, IN PERCENT, SI 12.40 , FE 57.30 , P 0.081 , P RATIO 0.141

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.27093, 35.23594

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Folds And Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description North Trending Crowders Mountain Antiform

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Magnetite In Garnetiferous Schist Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE IRON ORE AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • POOR IRON ORE PROSPECTS . ADIT INTO HILLSIDE.

Comments on development

  • NITZE PRESENTS ANALYSES OF HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE ORES OF THE AREA AND BRIEFLY DESCRIBES THEIR OCCURRENCE ; ECON.COM: MINOR AMOUNT OF PROSPECT WORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , PG. 109

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , THE IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , MINE TEXT P. 109 , TEXT 239 P.

  • Deposit

    KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000 LOCATES PROSPECT SITE BY MINE ADIT SYMBOL

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1893, THE IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, MINE TEXT, P. 109.

  • Production

    NITZE, 1893

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TEST PIT CUTS 1 M OF BROWN HEMATITE BETWEEN SANDSTONE WALLS; ADIT AT SLIGHTLY LOWER ELEVATION FROM TEST PIT ENCOUNTERED ONLY SLIGHT SPRINKLING OF MAGNETITE
Deposit IRREGULAR MASSES OF BROWN HEMATITE APPEAR AS FLOAT IN PROSPECT AREA; PROSPECT IS IN CROWDERS MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHWARD KINGS MOUNTAIN IRON ORE BELT WHICH IS THE MOST EASTERLY OF FOUR IRON ORE BELTS MINED IN REGION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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