Mine detail: Crowders Mountain Iron Prospect

Location:	Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.23789, -81.27871
dep_id:	10078896
mrds_id:	W027595
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Hematite, Magnetite
orebody_fm:	PARALLEL VEINS
ore_ctrl:	Near Contact Of Schist Unit And Quartzite Unit
Reporter:	Whitlow, Jesse W.
hrock_unit:	Kings Mountain Quartzite
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	North-Northeast
disc_yr:	1850
References:	Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1893 , KERR Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 108 , 109 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. 166 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 , MINE SITED ON MAP AT 1:62,500 Deposit:: PROSPECT IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: 1893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS Deposit:: 1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS