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L. A. Wolff Manganese Occurrence

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  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 10078914
MRDS ID W027618
Record type Site
Current site name L. A. Wolff Manganese Occurrence
Related records 10175161

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.26954, 35.26678 (WGS84)
Elevation 258
Relative position 1.1 KM SSE OF BESSEMER CITY ATHLETIC FIELD; 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

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

  • NEARLY ADJACENT TO EASTERN SLOPES OF RIDGES OF KINGS MOUNTAIN TREND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MASSES OF FLOAT ORE ALONG STRIKE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN PERCENT, MN AS TOTAL OXIDE 7.00 , AS PYROLUSITE 6.40 , AS SILICATE 6.30 , TOTAL SI 35.50 , FE 4.96

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.26954, 35.26678
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganiferous Schist Member

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer White, W. A.

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MANGANESE-BEARING SCHIST OCCURRENCE; HAS CONSIDERABLE LENGTH BUT PROBABLY LOW-GRADE

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: WHITE, 1944

  • 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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOCHEM WHITE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION AND ORE ANALYSI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST
Deposit FLOAT OF MANGANESE MASSES; BROAD MANGANIFEROUS SCHIST LENS TRACED 2.0 KM TO SW

Reporter information

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

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