Mine detail: Piedmont Wagon Company Mine

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Location: Catawba County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.64843, -81.4276
dep_id: 10106052
mrds_id: W027519
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1860
disc_yr: 1860
References:
  • 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:: MINE IN LONGVIEW TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION
  • Production:: NITZE, 1893
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