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McClure's Knob Iron Occurrence

Occurrence in Lincoln 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 10089584
MRDS ID W027530
Record type Site
Current site name McClure's Knob Iron Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.08759, 35.42593 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 0.2 KM SW OF MC CLURE'S BRIDGE; OCCURRENCE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE; ADJACENT TO LEEPERS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAGNETITE FLOAT OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE ANALYSIS SHOWS IN PERCENT FE 58.46 , SI 12.33 , S 0.019 , P 0.035 , TI ACID 0.16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.08759, 35.42593
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Gneissic Rock Body Within Younger Granitic Body

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Mica Gneiss And Granite Units

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF IRON ORE PRESENT ON SURFACE

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY OF FLOAT ORE

Comments on development

  • MAJOR W. A. GRAHAM MAGNETITE PROSPECT, EK - 017 , IS 4.8 KM TO THE NE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1893

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 95

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN LOWESVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MAGNETITE FLOAT NOTICED OVER A CONSIDERABLE AREA FROM POSSIBLY TWO PARALLEL MAGNETITE BEDS 150 M APART TRACED FOR 2.4 KM TO SW
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK MICA SCHIST ALTERED TO CLAY SLATE
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1800

Reporter information

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

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