Mine detail: Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 078

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.08011, -81.59153

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Chlorite, Sericite, Ottrelite, Quartzite
Orebody form: BEDDED
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW027551
DEP10089592
Reference{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 .}{Deposit:: MINE IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATION}{Deposit:: Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P., Mine Text P. 9Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P., Mine Text P. 9}{Production:: KEITH, 1931}
ReporterNicholson, S.W., *gostino, John P.