All Healing Springs Northern Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078164
MRDS ID W026340
Record type Site
Current site name All Healing Springs Northern Barite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.27093, 35.2415 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 6.6 KM EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH FLANK OF CROWDERS MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Bessemer Granite
    Rock description Bessemer Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Roan Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.27093, 35.2415

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Battleground Schist Strikes N 45 E And Dips 30 To 60 Se
Type of structure Local
Structure description North Trending Crowders Mountain Anti Form

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Inferred Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VEINLETS OF BARITE STILL PRESENT IN PIT

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • PART OF CAROLINA BARITE BELT, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 KM LONG, MOSTLY 30 M WIDE BUT AS MUCH AS 0.8 KM WIDE, AND LOCALLY ABOUT 3.2 KM WIDE; BELT CONTAINS ABOUT 400 BARITE OCCURRENCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., PROSPECT TEXT P. 10 , PROSPECT SYMBOL ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    VAN HORN, E. C. LE GRAND, J. R., AND MC MURRAY, L.L., 1949 , GEOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT, RESEARCH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BULL. NO. 18 , PROSPECT TEXT P. 10 , TEXT 25 P.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., 1931 , MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATIONS AND ORE CHARACTERISTICS

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., STRUCTURE

  • Production

    VAN HORN, 1949

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST BARITE MINES AND OCCURRENCES NEAR CONTACT OF BATTLEGROUND SCHIST AND BESSEMER GRANITE
Deposit ANOTHER PROSPECT PIT ON PROPERTY 0.4 KM TO SSE; APPEARS BARITE ZONE HAS STRIKE OF ABOUT N 20 W BUT BEDROCK FOLIATION AVERAGES N 40 E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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