Mine detail: Buckhorn Mine

Previously called 'Includes Douglass Mine'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

35.51677, -78.96031

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Manganese
Orebody form:	BEDDED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1863
Last production ended:	1873

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Schist

References

MRDS	RE00505
DEP	10099353
Reference	NITZE, H.B.C., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, P. 44
Reporter	Klein, T.L.