Mine detail: Ormond Ore Bank Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 35.28788, -81.30676

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Manganese
Ore: Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form: OVERLAPPING LENSES
Discovery year: 1777

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1777

Geology

Structure:Northnortheast

References

MRDSW027592
DEP10078893
Reference{Analytical Data:: KERR, 1893 , 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. 97 - 102}{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. 164 , 165}{Deposit:: MINE IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1893 RECON KERR, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS}{Deposit:: 1893 RECON NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS}
ReporterWhitlow, Jesse W.