Crowders Mountain PoInt of Interest
Mine? Cistern & Piping


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Name: Mine? Cistern
Type: Man-made cisterns and associated metal piping
GPS Coordinates: Latitude:  N 35° 14.336'
Longitude:  W 081° 16.637'
Elevation:  1034 ft
Orientation: Open
PoInt Reached From: Presumed Inactive Old Mine location
Description: Cisterns and piping, relatively modern, but still old, unused
One cistern broken and fragmented
One cistern in good shape, with metal lid intact
Piping in good shape for most part
Dimensions: Piping runs from old mine location down to the river adjacent to the golf course
Interior Features:
Exterior Features:



I presume this location to be the following...

Crowders Mountain Iron Prospect, Kings Mountain District, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 35° 14' 16'' North : 81° 16' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal Degrees): 35.2377777778 : -81.2788888889
Latitude & Longitude (Degrees plus Decimal Minutes): 35° 14.2666666667': -81° 16.7333333333'

REF:Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1893 , KERR
Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 108 , 109
Deposit:: KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA:
BAYLEY, W.S., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 29, 1923, PP. 176-177.
Commodities (Major) - Iron
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Paleo Kings Mountain Group
Structure: North-Northeast
Host Rock: Schist

Mineral List

Hematite
 Magnetite

CMIP




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