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J. K. Farthing's Iron Occurrence

Occurrence in Caldwell 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078848
MRDS ID W027526
Record type Site
Current site name J. K. Farthing's Iron Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.56677, 35.97842 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Relative position 1.5 KM SSW OF HAPPY VALLEY; OCCURRENCE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldwell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lenoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Caldwell

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE, ON RIDGE CREST NEAR WARRIOR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMPACT, FINE-GRAINED MAGNETITE IN LOW-GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE ORE SAMPLE SHOWS IN PERCENT FE 31.92 , SI 6.5 , MN 0.39 , AL 18.47 , CACO3 7.48 , MGCO3 15.64 , TI ACID 2.4 , S 0.058 , P 0.025

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.56677, 35.97842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800

Mining district

District name Lenoir Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OCCURRENCE OF LOW-QUALITY IRON ORE OF LONG EXTENT BUT UNKNOWN THICKNESS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NITZE, 1893

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 119

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN LENOIR 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 MAGNETITE FRAGMENTS TRACED 5.0 KM TO SW TO MULBERRY CREEK
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK IS HORNBLENDE SCHIST
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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