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Unnamed Limonite Occurrence

Occurrence in Burke county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Barium-Barite, Sulfur, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093775
MRDS ID W027523
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limonite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.93401, 35.83703 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 1.7 KM NW OF PINNACLE PEAK; OCCURRENCE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burke(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(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)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Burke

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF SOUTHERN PART OF LINVILLE MOUNTAINS; WITHIN PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL OCCURRENCES OF LIMONITE FROM PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result NITZE REPORTS NEARBY SIMILAR OCCURRENCES HAVE IN PERCENT FE 30.97 , SI 26.60 , P 0.11 , AU 0.05 OZ., AG 0.15 OZ.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.93401, 35.83703
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limonite Near Contact Of Two Bedrock Units Of Chilhowee Group

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1800

Mining district

District name Linville Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCES ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOO SMALL AND LOW-GRADE FOR IRON ORE MINING

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • STREAM COURSES 2.0 KM TO WEST AND TRIBUTARIES OF PADDY CREEK FLOWING SE CUT LIMONITE OCCURRENCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1893

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 121 - 124

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN ASHFORD TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1800

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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