Mountain Ore Bank Mine

Past Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10078894
MRDS ID W027593
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Ore Bank Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Devil's Workshop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.2901, 35.26622 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Relative position 4.3 KM SW OF BESSEMER CITY ATHLETIC FIELD; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR ORE OCCURRENCES MINED AND SMELTED FOR LOCAL USE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL ANALYSES SHOW IN PERCENT, MAXIMUMS OF FE 86.66 , MNO 5.12 , CAO 0.37 , MGO 2.23 , ALO 0.44 , P 0.005 , S 0.11 , SI 4.47

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.2901, 35.26622

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northnortheast

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 37 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 8.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Talcose Slate Of Kings Mountain Group Near Contact With Mica Schist Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800
Year of first production 1800

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE SHIPPED TO LOCAL SMELTERS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME IRON ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 40M
    Overall depth 18M
    Overall length 74.07M
    Overall width 3M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN TRENCH 6 M DEEP, 3 M WIDE, AND 81 M LONG AND TWO SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • MINE IS ONE OF SEVERAL IRON ORE BELTS IN BESSEMER CITY AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    KERR, 1893 , 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. 102 - 104

  • Deposit

    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. 163 , 164

  • Deposit

    MINE IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1893 RECON KERR, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS

  • Deposit

    1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS

  • Production

    KERR, 1893

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIBROUS LIMONITE VEIN WITH QUARTZ VEINS; NITZE CONSIDERS DEPOSIT SIDERITE VEIN OXIDIZED TO HEMATITE TO LIMONITE; NO SIDERITE SEEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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