Mine detail: Unnamed Limonite Occurrence

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Location: Burke County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.82315, -81.88817
dep_id: 10078847
mrds_id: W027524
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Sulfur, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Limonite Near Thrust Fault Contact Of Two Bedrock Units
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
Structure: Nne Fault System, Trust Fault Boundry Trends East At Limonite Site
disc_yr: 1800
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
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