Unnamed Mica Prospect Gl - 052

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078242
MRDS ID W026471
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mica Prospect Gl - 052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.64483, 35.13481 (WGS84)
Elevation 255
Relative position 2.5 KM EAST OF GRASSY POND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boiling Springs South(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

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West of Kings Mountain Range
  • Occurrence Located In Blacksburg North Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEGMATITES IN CAROLINA TIN - SPODUMENE PEGMATITE BELT
  • Muscovite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Perthite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Whiteside Granite
    Rock description Whiteside Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.64483, 35.13481

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINOR AREA OF MICA RESOURCES AS MOST PEGMATITES SHORT AND THIN

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT ONLY; NO EXPRESSION ON TOPO SHEET

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., MINE TEXT P. 13 , SYMBOL LOCATES QUARRY ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT LOCATED IN BOILING SPRINGS SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p. , Symbol Locates Site On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p. , Symbol Locates Site On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST INDIVIDUAL PEGMATITES IN THIS AREA QUITE SMALL, BUT SOME 6 TO 10.5 M THICK, AND 60 M TO 240 M OR 300 M LONG, WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN
Deposit PEGMATITES VARY AS TO TIN - BEARING, LITHIUM BEARING, MICA - BEARING, ETC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.