Mine detail: Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 072

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.08591, -81.52123

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Mica, Sericite, Schist
Orebody form: BEDDED
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host type:Schist

References

MRDSW027545
DEP10078858
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222 : USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., MINE TEXT P. 9 .}{Deposit:: MINE IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATION}{Deposit:: Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P., Mine Text P. 9.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P., Mine Text P. 9.}{Production:: KEITH, 1931}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.