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Bald Knob Deposit

Past Producer in Alleghany county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150753
MAS/MILS ID 0370050001
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Knob Deposit
Alternate or previous names Primary Ore Body, Crouse Knob Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.08231, 36.53898 (WGS84)
Elevation 896

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alleghany(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Alleghany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galaxite Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown
Spessartite Unknown
Tephroite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.08231, 36.53898
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 25M
    Length 15M
    Width 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Strike And Dip N60E:75E
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clough Manganese Co.
    Home office Dist Of Columbia
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL RESOURCE MAP MR-23, 1962

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 427, 1910, 298 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM MANGANESE SURVEY, 1952.

  • Deposit

    SIMMONS, W.B. MANGANESE MINERALS OF BALD KNOB, NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA. THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, MAY-JUNE, 1981,

  • Deposit

    V. 12, NO. 3, PP. 167-171.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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