Mine detail: Dr. Ford Limonite Prospect

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Location: Catawba County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.61899, -81.31871
dep_id: 10089580
mrds_id: W027520
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Of Mica Gneiss Unit And Hornblende Gneiss Unit
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_unit: Hornblende Gneiss Unit
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1800
disc_yr: 1800
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: 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. 116
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT IN REEPSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION
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