Mine detail: Forney Ore Bank Mine

Location:	Catawba County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.56038, -81.2326
dep_id:	10078890
mrds_id:	W027588
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
work_type:	Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl:	Ore In Syenite
Reporter:	Whitlow, Jesse W.
hrock_type:	Gneiss
Year first produced:	1800
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 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 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 AND ORE BEDS IN 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