George Cloninger and Oscar Mason Prospects

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Manganese, 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 10078905
MRDS ID W027606
Record type Site
Current site name George Cloninger and Oscar Mason Prospects
Related records 10281251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.22788, 35.18817 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position 4.6 KM SW OF SOUTH GASTONIA; OCCURRENCE 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MASSES OF FLOAT ORE IN AREAS OF MANGANIFEROUS SCHIST

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.22788, 35.18817

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast Limb Of Ne Plunging Fold

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 1000M
    Width 250M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganiferous Schist Member

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MANGANESE - BEARING SCHIST OCCURRENCES; ONE OCCURRENCE COVERS A BROAD AREA, BUT PROBABLY ALL ARE LOW-GRADE

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • ONE LARGE BODY AND TWO SMALL BODIES; ONE SMALL BODY ABOUT 250 M WEST AND PARALLEL TO NORTHERN END OF LARGE BODY, OTHER ABOUT 100 M EAST AND PARALLEL TO SOUTHERN END

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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 , 6

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTS IN GASTONIA SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON WHITE, N.C. STATE, GEOLOG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE LARGE BODY AND TWO SMALLER OF MANGANIFEROUS SCHIST; LARGE BODY ABOUT 1.0 KM LONG AND 250 M WIDE; EACH OF THE SMALL LENSES NARROW AND ABOUT 200 M LONG
Deposit BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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