| Deposit ID | 10248929 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0371110001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Cove Manganese Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | North Cove Manganese Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.00484, 35.81869 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 707 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McDowell(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Little Switzerland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(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)
Federal lands
Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Croatan National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | McDowell |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Montmorillonite | Unknown |
| Psilomelane | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -82.00484, 35.81869 |
|---|
| Strike | N45E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 30W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 43M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 27M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 1.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Greggs, H. G. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | North Carolina |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Simpson |
| Home office | North Carolina |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0371110001 |
MURDOCK, T. G. THE NORTH COVE MANGANESE DEPOSIT, MCDOWELL C
NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT, DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES RI 14, 1941, 10 P.
MCINTOSH, F. K. NORTH COVE MANGANESE PROSPECT, MCDOWELL COU
NORTH CAROLINA. BUMINES PRELIMINARY WAR MINERALS REPORT, 19
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | YEAR ENTERED-1976 RECORD 010/COMMODITIES 2-9 REPRESENT CONSTITUENTS DETERMINED CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. PERCENTAGES ARE NOT AVAILABLE. RECORD 020/LAST KNOWN OWNER, 1949. RECORD 021/LAST KNOWN LESSEE, 1949. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Lyday, Travis Q. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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