Crowders Mountain PoInt of Interest
Big Iron Mine

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Name: Big Iron Mine
Type: Man-made mine
GPS Coordinates: Latitude:  N 35° 14.153'
Longitude:  W 081° 16.304'
Elevation:  1222 ft
Orientation: Entrance lies to West
PoInt Reached From: Old mining road (faint) off of the Tower Trail
Description: Large opening, at bottom of large rock face
Size is fairly consistent along whole length of mine
Graffiti on outside and inside of mine
Dimensions: ~ 96 ft long
~ 6 ft wide by 6 ft high
Interior Features: Primarily dirt/mud floor, with some wooden planks on ground
Some blasting holes are still visible
Birds nest and cave crickets inside
Exterior Features: Some loose rubble/boulders outside entrance

Big Iron Mine


It is likely that this mine is the following:
(data gathered from mindat.org)
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect FL-003 (MRDS - 10089437), Kings Mountain District, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

REF:Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , PG. 109

Deposit: NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , THE IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , MINE TEXT P. 109 , TEXT 239 P.

Deposit: KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

Commodities: (Trace) - Iron

Development Status: Occurrence

Structure: Nne Trending Folds And Faults, North Trending Crowders Mountain Antiform

Host Rock: Schist

Map Reference:
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 35° 14' 9'' North : 81° 16' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal Degrees): 35.2358333333 : -81.2711111111
Latitude & Longitude (Degrees plus Decimal Minutes): 35° 14.15': -81° 16.2666666667'

Mineral List:

Hematite  Fe2O3
Magnetite Fe2+Fe23+O4

Iron Prospect

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