Crowders Mountain Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078896
MRDS ID W027595
Record type Site
Current site name Crowders Mountain Iron Prospect
Related records 10127245

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.27871, 35.23789 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position 6.0 KM EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(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 FLANK OF CROWDERS MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE TOO SILICA - RICH; HEMATITE COATING WHERE MAGNETITE OXIDIZED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result SEVEN MAGNETITE SAMPLES ANALYSED SHOW FE 29.08 TO 59.29 , SI 2.58 TO 44.26 , P TRACE TO 0.087 , S 0.15 TO 0.11 , TI ACID NONE TO TRACE
Result TWO HEMATITE SAMPLES SHOW FE 57.3 , 59.8 , SI 12.4 , 3.3 , P 0.08 , 0.78

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Kings Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Kings Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.27871, 35.23789

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North-Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form PARALLEL VEINS
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 3.7M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Schist Unit And Quartzite Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT IN ONE OF SEVERAL IRON ORE BELTS IN THE KINGS MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1893 , KERR

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 108 , 109

  • 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. 166

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., MINE TEXT P. 9 , MINE SITED ON MAP AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS

  • Production

    NITZE, 1893

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS CONTINUES TO NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FROM CUT IN HILL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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