| Deposit ID | 10078903 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027604 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Manganese Outcrop Occurrence |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.24482, 35.21317 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 239 |
| Relative position | 4.2 KM SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF DUE WEST OF SOUTH GASTONIA; OUTCROP LOCATION NOT EXACT; ACTUAL THINNER DEPOSIT MAY BE LOCATED 0.2 KM TO NW AS SHOWN ON ESPENSHADE GEOLOGIC MAP |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gaston(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gastonia South(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 |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Spessartite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| |||
| (1) | -81.24482, 35.21317 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast Limb Of Ne Plunging Fold |
| General form | BEDDED |
|---|---|
| Length | 400M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| Discoverer | White, W. A. |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027604 |
WHITE, WILLIAM A., 1944 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA (ADVANCE REPORT): NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, M.I. NO. 2 , TEXT 14 P., MAP AT 1:120,000 , DESCRIPTION P. 4
OCCURRENCE IN GASTONIA SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES: USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000
1944 RECON WHITE, N.C. STATE, GEOLOGY
1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOGY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLOAT OF MANGANESE MASSES; NARROW MANGANIFEROUS SCHIST LENS TRACED ABOUT 400 M TO NNW |
| Deposit | BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1978 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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