Mine detail: Brevard Ore Bank Mine

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Location: Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.52454, -81.1251
dep_id: 10078888
mrds_id: W027586
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: LENSES
ore_ctrl: Ore In Talcose Schist
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W.
Structure: Northnortheast
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. 90
  • 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. 159
  • Deposit:: MINE IN DENVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 POSSIBLY EXTENDING ON STRIKE INTO MAIDEN 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
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