| Deposit ID | 10078904 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027605 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Charles Falls Manganese Occurrence |
| Related records | 10200081 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.24565, 35.20205 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 238 |
| Relative position | 4.7 KM WSW OF SOUTH GASTONIA; OCCURRENCE LOCATION NOT EXACT; SMALLER ACTUAL OCCURRENCE SHOWN IN 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 | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Spessartite | Gangue |
| Result | IN PERCENT, MN AS TOTAL OXIDE 6.58 , AS PYROLUSITE, 2.88 , AS SILICATE 0.84 , TOTAL SI 36.75 , FE 6.38 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| |||
| (1) | Foliated to Massive Granitic Rock |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast Limb Of Ne Trending Fold |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Length | 1000M |
| 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 | W027605 |
SRC.REF: WHITE, 1944
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 , MINE TEXT P. 5
OCCURRENCE IN GASTONIA SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES: USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000
1944 GEOCHEM WHITE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION AND ORE ANALYSIS
1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOGY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLOAT OF MANGANESE MASSES; MANGANIFEROUS SCHIST LENS NARROW AND TRACED ABOUT 1.0 KM 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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