Mine detail: Barringer Ore Bank Mine

Location:	Catawba County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.64704, -81.19538
dep_id:	10078880
mrds_id:	W027576
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Magnetite
orebody_fm:	PODS
ore_ctrl:	Near Contact Of Hornblende Gneiss Unit And Mica Gneiss Unit
Reporter:	Whitlow, Jesse W.
hrock_unit:	Mica Gneiss Unit
hrock_type:	Gneiss
Year first produced:	1800
disc_yr:	1800
References:	Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 112 , 113 Deposit:: KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT VOL. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 168 Deposit:: MINE IN NEWTON TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: 1893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS Deposit:: 1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS Production:: KERR, 1893