Dannemora Mine

Producer in Rockingham county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110363
MRDS ID W001701
Record type Site
Current site name Dannemora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.7831, 36.28341 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(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 Rockingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.7831, 36.28341

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 38.1M
    Width 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P.

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 32, P. 234-236.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE ORE CONTAINED 13.74% TIO2 AND 48.41% IRON. MINE OPERATED FOR IRON IN 1880 PERIOD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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