| Deposit ID | 10078165 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026342 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lawton Barite Property Northern Workings |
| Alternate or previous names | Lawson Barite Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.26649, 35.22733 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 250 |
| Relative position | 7.2 KM EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Gaston |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sericite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE BASO4 OF BARITE 87 PERCENT |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Roan Gneiss |
| Rock description | Roan Gneiss |
| (1) | Foliated to Massive Granitic Rock |
|---|
| 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 |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 16 E |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 0.07M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bertha Mineral Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026342 |
VAN HORN, E. C., 1949
KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 AND 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.
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 , MINE TEXT P. 10 TO 12 , TEXT 25 P.
MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., 1931 , MINE LOCATIONS
1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATION AND ORE CHARACTERISTICS
1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., STRUCTURE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE VEINS OCCUR IN NARROW BELT ABOUT ONE KILOMETER LONG ACROSS LAWTON PROPERTY; AT NORTH END EITHER TWO BARITE HORIZONS 120 M APART OR VERY WIDE SINGLE HORIZON |
| Deposit | MOST BARITE MINES AND OCCURRENCES ARE NEAR CONTACT OF BATTLEGROUND SCHIST AND OLDER BESSEMER GRANITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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