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Kings Creek Sericite Mine

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075718
MRDS ID W022376
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Creek Sericite Mine
Related records 10078193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.43513, 35.07071 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 0.26 MILE S31E OF KINGS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • MEASURED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SC HWY 5 AND THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRACK
  • 0.26 Miles S32e of Kings Creek:Measured From the Intersection of Sc Hwy 5 and the Southern Railroad Track

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Used To Make Brick
  • Sericite Schist

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Battleground Schist
    Rock description Battleground Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.43513, 35.07071
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Kings Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industrial Minerals, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 454, York,Sc 29745 (803-684-6000)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.257HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA,S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    KEITH,A. AND STERRETT,D.B.,1931,DESCRIPTION OF THE GAFFNEY AND KINGS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES : U.S.G.S,GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO SER.,NO.222,13P.

  • Deposit

    Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

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