Mine detail: Lawson Bess Prospect

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Location: Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.46288, -81.40371
dep_id: 10089585
mrds_id: W027533
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Magnetite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PODS
ore_ctrl: Ore In Syenite
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Gneiss
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 , 114
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT IN CHERRYVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION
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