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Major W. A. Graham Iron Prospect

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078850
MRDS ID W027529
Record type Site
Current site name Major W. A. Graham Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.0537, 35.46343 (WGS84)
Elevation 233
Relative position 2.4 KM NE OF MACHPELAH; PROSPECT 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 ANDERSON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL IRON ORE OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

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) -81.0537, 35.46343
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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 LINEAR
    Dip NEAR 90
    Thickness 0.6M

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

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIN BEDS OF MAGNETITE ORE PRESENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, OTHER 5 M DEEP

Comments on development

  • MC CLURE'S MAGNETITE OCCURRENCE, EK - 018 , IS 4.8 KM TO SW

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. 95

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN LOWESVILLE 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 ORE BED FROM 38 CM TO 0.6 M THICK, OF SLATY MAGNETITE WHICH BREAKS EASILY INTO SMALL RHOMBOIDAL BLOCKS
Deposit COUNTRY WALLROCK MICA 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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