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Piney Creek Deposit

Past Producer in Ashe 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296742
MRDS ID K004803
MAS/MILS ID 0370090001
Record type Site
Current site name Piney Creek Deposit
Alternate or previous names Manganiferrous Magnetite Deposit
Related records 10026392

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.48672, 36.51428 (WGS84)
Elevation 914

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grassy Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Ashe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.48672, 36.51428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 50W
    Thickness 4M
    Length 244M
    Width 31M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip :50W
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Uriah Ballow
    Interest 100
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS TWO, P. 14

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 32, P. 134.

  • Deposit

    CRIB RECORD NO. K004803 12/81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 070/ THESE MINERALS FOUND IN LIMONITIC ORES RECORD 071/ THESE MINERALS FOUND IN MAGNETITIC VEIN ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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