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Manganese Schist Outcrop

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Manganese, 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 10093780
MRDS ID W027639
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Schist Outcrop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.25232, 35.24344 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 8.4 KM DUE 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

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANIFEROUS SCHIST OUTCROP ALONG STRIKE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.25232, 35.24344
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast Limb Of Ne Plunging Folds

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Length 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganiferous Schist Member

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Espenshade, G. H.

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MANGANESE - BEARING SCHIST OUTCROP, HAS SOME LENGTH BUT NARROW AND LOW-GRADE

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP OCCURRENCE ONLY; NEAR RIDGE CREST

Comments on development

  • MANGANIFEROUS - AND GARNETIFEROUS - RICH LENS IN SCHIST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP OF NARROW MANGANIFEROUS SCHIST TRACED 200 M NORTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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