| Deposit ID | 10078178 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026357 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wells Barite Property |
| Related records | 10199540 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.33315, 35.16678 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 259 |
| Relative position | 8.2 KM SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cleveland(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 Broad(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cleveland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| 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 |
| (1) | -81.33315, 35.16678 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nne Trending Folds And Faults |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 30M |
| Length | 300M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 3M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026357 |
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
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 , 13 , TEXT 25 P.
MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
1931 KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS
1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATIONS AND ORE CHARACTERISTICS
VAN HORN, 1949
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE VEINS IN NARROW ZONE |
| Deposit | MOST BARITE MINES AND OCCURRENCES NEAR CONTACT OF BATTLEGROUND SCHIST AND BESSEMER GRANITE; BARITE BELT TO NORTH SITED IN INFERRED SHEAR ZONE NEAR GEOLOGIC CONTACT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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