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Lawson Bess Prospect

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089585
MRDS ID W027533
Record type Site
Current site name Lawson Bess Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.40371, 35.46288 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position 3.1 KM DUE EAST OF FLAY; PROSPECT LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherryville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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

  • WEST OF LINCOLNTON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL MAGNETITE OCCURRENCE PROSPECTED FOR LOCAL IRON INDUSTRY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AN ANALYSIS SHOWS IN PERCENT FE 56.95 , SI 11.37 , S 0.045 , P 0.029 , TI ACID 2.40

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Amphibolite and Biotite Gneiss
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Syenite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800

Mining district

District name Western Lincoln County

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME MAGNETITE ORE PRESENT

Comments on development

  • NOTE TITANIUM CONTENT; HIGH TITANIUM SEEMING A FEATURE OF THE SYENITE BELT; EXTENDS SOMEWHAT TO FORNEY ORE BANK IRON MINE TO NE, EJ - 015

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 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 113 , 114

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN CHERRYVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC MAP USED DOES NOT SHOW SYENITE ROCK UNIT
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN DISORDERED ARRANGEMENT IN DIFFERING SIZES IN GRANITIC ROCK; ORE TRACED FOR ABOUT 100 M TO NORTH AND TO SOUTH

Reporter information

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

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

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