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Link-Benedict Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089583
MRDS ID W027527
Record type Site
Current site name Link-Benedict Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.17176, 35.46093 (WGS84)
Elevation 285
Relative position 2.5 KM NNW OF IRON STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincolnton East(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 Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHERN END OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RESIDUAL COBBLES AND STRATIGRAPHIC LENSES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result IN PERCENT, FE 71.1 , SI 1.1 , P 0.01 , TI ACID 0.0 , P RATIO 0.014

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.17176, 35.46093
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Parallel To Nne Trending Kings Mountain Range

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 5.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Mica Gneiss Unit And Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800
Year of first production 1825

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF SURFACE MAGNETITE COBBLES AND SMALLER AMOUNTS OF MAGNETITE BEDROCK SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY RESIDUAL FLOAT COLLECTED, WITH SEVERAL SHALLOW MINE PITS AND PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE SEVERAL STRATIGRAPHIC BEDS CONTAINING LENSES OF MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE

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 , MINE TEXT P. 90 , TEXT 239 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE IN LINCOLNTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1800
Deposit USUALLY TWO PARALLEL HORIZONS WITH COMBINED THICKNESS USUALLY OF 3.7 M OR LESS, WITH INTERVAL OF TALCOSE AND CHLORITIC SCHISTS 3.7 M TO 6 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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