Mine detail: Bald Knob Deposit

Previously called 'Primary Ore BodyCrouse Knob Deposit'

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Location: Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.53898, -81.08231
dep_id: 10150753
mas_id: 370050001
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Galaxite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Spessartite, Tephroite
Reporter: Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
disc_yr: 1944
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS MINERAL RESOURCE MAP MR-23, 1962
  • Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 427, 1910, 298 P.
  • Deposit:: USBM MANGANESE SURVEY, 1952.
  • Deposit:: SIMMONS, W.B. MANGANESE MINERALS OF BALD KNOB, NORTH
  • Deposit:: CAROLINA. THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, MAY-JUNE, 1981,
  • Deposit:: V. 12, NO. 3, PP. 167-171.
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