Mine detail: Yellow Ridge Ore Bank Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.21705, -81.32232

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Ore: Magnetite, Pyrite
Orebody form: PARALLEL BEDS
Discovery year: 1850

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Battleground Schist
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Northnortheast, Ore Zone Partly Along Nne Trending Fault

References

MRDSW027596
DEP10106058
Reference{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}
ReporterWhitlow, Jesse W.