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Kings Creek Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078196
MRDS ID W026382
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.43733, 35.07791 (WGS84)
Elevation 169

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

  • Mine Site In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000;

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KEITH REPORTS VEINS OF MASSIVE BARITE SEVERAL CENTIMETERS TO 60 CM THICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Ore
Chloritoid Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica, Sericite

Analytical data

Result 80-90% BASO4 IN LAYERS TYPICALLY 30CM THICK.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Battleground Formation
    Rock description Battleground Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.43733, 35.07791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATAFORM DISCORDANT
    Thickness 0.04M
    Length 915M
    Depth to bottom 76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Within Regional Sericite-Rich Schist Unit

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE OCCURS AS CONCORDANT AND DISCORDANT BANDS WITHIN A QUARTZ-SERICITEuSCHIST, THAT SHOWS TWO PROMINENT DIRECTIONS OF CLEAVAGE. BARITE HASuTWO DISTINCT TEXTURES, FOLIATED AND NONFOLIATED. THE NONFOLIATED VARITETYuLOCALLY SHOWS FINE-SCALE BANDING, SOMETIMES WITH GALENA. LOW TH AND UuCONTENTS SUGGEST A HYDROTHERMAL RATHER THAN SEDIMENTARY ORIGIN. THEuBATTLEGROUND FORMATION WAS DERIVED FROM EPICLASTIC AND REWORKED PYROCLASTICuMATERIAL.
  • Kings Mountain Belt, Battleground Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Cherokee Chemical Company
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Period 1910-1966
    Material BASO4
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^80-90% Baso4
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    BaSO4 Barium-Barite Barium 85wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 80 wt-pct Barium Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENTIRE BELT MAY HAVE RESERVES OF OVER 1,000,000 ST.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60M
    Overall length 832.1M
    Overall width 500M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN PIT AREA, ABOUT 200 M LONG, 60 M WIDE; UNDERGROUND MINING BY SHAFT.
  • Abandoned

Comments on development

  • KINGS CREEK LOCALITY HAS ABOUT 200 PROSPECTS AND MINE OPENINGS IN AREA ABOUT 1,000 M BY 700 M, WITH BARITE IN DRILL HOLES TO DEPTHS OF AT LEAST 75 M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    HORTON, J. WRIGHT, 1989, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1462.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000; HORTON, J.W.,JR., 1989, BARITE IN QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST AND SCHISTOSE PYROCLASTIC ROCKS OF THE BATTLEGROUND FORMATION, KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER1462, P.115-118.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.E., 1981, THE BARITE DEPOSIT AT KINGS CREEK, SOUTH CAROLINA: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN THE CAROLINAS, CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDBOOK 1981, SOUTH CAROLINZ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, P. 120-141.

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    WILSON, 1958; DEYOUNG, J.H., 1989, USGS, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    FROM HORTON, 1989

  • Deposit

    Keith, Arthur, 1931 , Gaffney - Kings Mountain S. C. - N. C. Folio No. 222 , USGS Geol. Atlas Of The U. S., Mine Text P. 9 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith, Arthur, 1931 , Gaffney - Kings Mountain S. C. - N. C. Folio No. 222 , USGS Geol. Atlas Of The U. S., Mine Text P. 9 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.

  • Deposit

    Horton, J.W., Jr., 1989, Barite In Quartz-Sericite Schist And Schistose Pyroclastic Rock Of The Battleground Formation, Kings Mountain Belt: USGS Professional Paper 1462, P. 115-118.Horton, J.W., Jr., 1989, Barite In Quartz-Sericite Schist And Schistose Pyroclastic Rock Of The Battleground Formation, Kings Mountain Belt: USGS Professional Paper 1462, P. 115-118.

  • Deposit

    Abandoned

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE PODS HAVE LOW-ANGLE DIP. ZONE OF EN-ECHELON VEINS CAN BEuTRACED FOR 1.3 KM AND RANGES FROM 30 CM TO 0.8KM WIDE. REGIONALLY PROSPECTS OCCUR OVER 40 KM.
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

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