| Deposit ID | 10078889 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027587 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Ore Bank Mine |
| Related records | 10297305 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.13204, 35.5101 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 280 |
| Relative position | 1.5 KM SE OF PUMPKIN CENTER; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Maiden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hickory(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Lincoln |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Result | FOUR SAMPLE ANALYSES IN PERCENT |
|---|---|
| Result | FE 58.56 TO 68.40 , S 0.12 TO 0.068 , P 0.006 TO 0.082 TI ACID 0.0 |
| Result | IN ONE SAMPLE ALO 2.46 , CAO 0.27 , MGO 4.33 |
| (1) | -81.13204, 35.5101 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 E |
| Dip | STEEPLY SE |
| Thickness | 5.5M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1776 |
| Year of first production | 1776 |
| District name | Anderson Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 36M |
| Overall depth | 30M |
| Overall length | 1463.04M |
| Overall width | 187.5M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027587 |
NITZE, 1893
NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 90 - 93
KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT VOL. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 159
MINE IN MAIDEN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1875 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
1893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
1893 RECON NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MULTIPLE LENSES IN BED; LENS SIZES DIFFER; THREE PARALLELING LENS HORIZONS WITH COMBINED THICKNESS USUALLY 3.7 M OR LESS, WITH INTERVAL OF TALCOSE AND CHLORITIC SCHISTS 3.7 M TO 6 M |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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