| Deposit ID | 10078890 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027588 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Forney Ore Bank Mine |
| Related records | 10175004 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.2326, 35.56038 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 2.5 KM SW OF MAIDEN; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Catawba(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)
South Fork Catawba(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Catawba |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Result | THREE SAMPLES ANAYLSES IN PERCENT SHOW FE 65.16 TO 69.84 , S 0 TO 0.07 , P 0.009 TO 0.025 , TI ACID 0 TO 1.6 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -81.2326, 35.56038 |
|---|
| General form | PODS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1800 |
| Year of first production | 1800 |
| District name | Anderson Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 8.5M |
| Overall length | 1463.04M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027588 |
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. 113
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. 168
MINE AND ORE BEDS IN MAIDEN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1893 RECON KERR, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS IN DISORDERED ARRANGEMENT IN DIFFERING SIZES IN GRANITIC ROCK |
| Deposit | GEOLOGIC MAP USED DOES NOT SHOW SYENITE ROCK UNIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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