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Chimney Barite Place Main Shaft

Past Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
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  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 10078172
MRDS ID W026351
Record type Site
Current site name Chimney Barite Place Main Shaft
Related records 10175641

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.28065, 35.2065 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Relative position 7 KM SOUTHEAST 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

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MASSIVE BARITE WITH VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF GALENA; MUCH QUARTZ AND SERICITE WITH ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.28065, 35.2065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Battleground Schist Strikes N 45 E And Dips 30 To 60 Se

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Inferred Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN, WORKINGS BROAD BUT OF SHALLOW DEPTH; ABOUT 900 TONNES OF DUMP MATERIAL PRESENT WITH CONSIDERABLE BARITE CONTENT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DISSEMINATED BARITE REPORTED IN COUNTRY ROCK OF BARITE ZONE, AND BARITE VEINS PROBABLY EXTEND TO GREATER DEPTHS

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY PITS WITH A DEPTH OF 3 M; ABOUT 900 TONNES OF DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINING SIGNIFICANT BARITE PRESENT; DISSEMINATED BARITE PRESENT IN SERICITE SCHIST COUNTRY ROCK

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; ABOUT 30 PITS AND TRENCHES IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PART OF CHIMNEY PLACE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 , MINE TEXT P. 12 , TEXT 25 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE 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, E. C., 1949

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE KNOWN FOR 360 M ALONG STRIKE, WITH WIDTH OF 120 M, INCLUDES NORTHERN WORKINGS; SOUTHERN WORKINGS 300 M TO SOUTH; CRAIG BARITE PROPERTY ADJOINS TO NORTH
Deposit MOST BARITE MINES AND OCCURRENCES NEAR CONTACT OF BATTLEGROUND SCHIST AND BESSEMER GRANITE

Reporter information

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

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