Mine detail: Yellow Ridge Ore Bank Mine

Location:	Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.21705, -81.32232
dep_id:	10106058
mrds_id:	W027596
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Trace mineral:	Sulfur
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Magnetite, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	PARALLEL BEDS
work_type:	Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl:	Ore Zone Extends Partially Along Fault, And Contact Between Gneiss, Schist, And Granite
Reporter:	Whitlow, Jesse W.
hrock_unit:	Battleground Schist
hrock_type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Northnortheast, Ore Zone Partly Along Nne Trending Fault
Year first produced:	1850
disc_yr:	1850
References:	Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1893 , KERR, 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. 107 , 108 Deposit:: KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT VOL. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 162 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, MINE SITED ON MAP AT 1:62,500 Deposit:: MINE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: 1893 RECON KERR, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS Deposit:: 1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS