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Buckhorn Mine

Past Producer in Harnett county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099353
MRDS ID RE00505
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Douglass Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.96031, 35.51677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harnett(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cokesbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cape Fear(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Harnett

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.96031, 35.51677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 11M
    Length 2000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DARK GRAY MASSIVE SPECULAR HEMATITE INTERLAYERED WITH FELDSPATHIC GNEISS AND MICACEOUS SLATE. SEVERAL MANGANIFEROUS LAYERS, SOME WITH GARNETS ARE ADJACENT TO THE IRON-RICH LAYER.uTHE HEMATITIC ORE IS AT LEAST 11 M THICK. ORE LOCALLY SHOWS LAMINATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1863
Year of last production 1873

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 5M
    Overall length 21.95M
    Overall width 12M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, P. 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit W101367 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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