| Deposit ID | 10078893 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027592 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ormond Ore Bank Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.30676, 35.28788 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 282 |
| Relative position | 3 KM DUE WEST OF BESSEMER CITY ATHLETIC FIELD; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gaston(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bessemer City(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Gaston |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Result | NUMEROUS ANALYSES |
|---|---|
| Result | IN PERCENT SHOW MAXIMUMS OF FE 97.19 , ALO 2.57 , SI 9.72 , MNO 5.17 , CAO 0.56 , MGO 0.3 , P 0.15 , S TRACE |
| (1) | -81.30676, 35.28788 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northnortheast |
| General form | OVERLAPPING LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 E |
| Dip | STEEPLY NW |
| Thickness | 8.5M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1777 |
| Year of first production | 1777 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bessemer Mining Co. |
| First year | 1892 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 81M |
| Overall depth | 52M |
| Overall length | 658.37M |
| Overall width | 30M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027592 |
KERR, 1893 , 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. 97 - 102
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. 164 , 165
MINE IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1893 RECON KERR, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
1893 RECON NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
KERR, 1893
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LONG NARROW ZONE OF OXIDIZED ORE ENRICHED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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