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Thomas Ritchie Limonite Occurrence

Occurrence in Catawba 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078846
MRDS ID W027521
Record type Site
Current site name Thomas Ritchie Limonite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.30565, 35.57538 (WGS84)
Elevation 277
Relative position 5.1 KM ESE OF PLATEAU; OCCURRENCE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catawba(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reepsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 Catawba

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF SOUTH MOUNTAINS, AND EAST OF HOG HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR ORE OCCURRENCES WERE MINED AND SMELTED FOR LOCAL USE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende Gneiss Unit
    Rock description Hornblende Gneiss Unit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.30565, 35.57538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Mica Gneiss Unit And Hornblende Gneiss Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800

Mining district

District name Hickory Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME QUANTITIES OF IRON ORE PRESENT

Comments on development

  • ONE OF SEVERAL ORE OCCURRENCES IN HICKORY AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 116

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN REEPSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NITZE, 1893

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION OF FERRUGINOUS BEDROCK
Deposit NOT SURE OF SITE NAME

Reporter information

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

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