Mine detail: Walter and Gerard Manganese Mine

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Location: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.28121, -81.26232
dep_id: 10078913
mrds_id: W027617
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Magnetite, Quartz, Spessartite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Weathering Of Spessartite-Rich Lenses In Schist
ore_ctrl: Manganiferous Schist Member
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Northeast Plunging Fold, Near Apex Of Fold
tectonic: Ne Trending Folds And Faults
Year first produced: 1890
disc_yr: 1890
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: WHITE, 1944
  • Deposit:: WHITE, WILLIAM A., 1944 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA (ADVANCE REPORT): NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, M.I. NO. 2 , TEXT 14 P., MAP AT 1:120,000 , MINE TEXT P. 5
  • Deposit:: MINE LOCATION IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOCHEM WHITE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION AND ORE ANALYSI
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