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Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl - 153

Occurrence in Cleveland 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 10096506
MRDS ID W027536
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl - 153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.33538, 35.19067 (WGS84)
Elevation 285
Relative position 5.6 KM SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(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 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 Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WESTERN SLOPE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL IRON ORE PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blacksburg Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northnortheast

Ore body information

  • General form PARALLEL BEDS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Schistose Tuff

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

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

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF IRON ORE PRESENT

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT IN ONE OF SEVERAL IRON ORE BELTS IN THE KINGS MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 : USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., MINE TEXT P. 9 .

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE GRANULAR MAGNETITE AND SPECULAR HEMATITE IMPREGNATING CERTAIN LAYERS

Reporter information

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

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