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P. F. Baxter Workings

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089586
MRDS ID W027535
Record type Site
Current site name P. F. Baxter Workings
Alternate or previous names Old Ore Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.45455, 35.45066 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position 2.2 KM SW OF FLAY; MINE 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)

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 Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF SHELBY, ON BUFFALO CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL LIMONITE OCCURRENCE; ORE QUITE SILICEOUS; PROBABLY CIVIL WAR WORKINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.45455, 35.45066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Western Lincoln County

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT SHIPPED TO A LOCAL SMELTER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF SILICEOUS IRON ORE FLOAT REMAIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF PITS; ORE USUALLY HAND-PICKED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 117

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CHERRYVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NITZE, 1893

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOLUCA QUARTZ MONZONITE BODY LESS THAN 0.1 KM TO WEST; MICA GNEISS UNIT HAS GENTLY FOLDED STRATIFICATION, IN PLACES NEARLY HORIZONTAL
Deposit RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION OF FERRUGENOUS BEDROCK

Reporter information

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

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