Unnamed Clay Pits Fl - 056

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  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 10078258
MRDS ID W026499
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Pits Fl - 056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.46653, 35.16181 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 1.9 KM SW OF GROVER, N.C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(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

  • HEAD STREAM VALLEY OF LICK BRANCH
  • Head Stream Valley of Lick Branch
  • Clay Pits Located In Grover Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABONDONED CLAY PITS
  • Residual Clayey Soils

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.46653, 35.16181

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT FOR LOCAL BRICK NEEDS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY ONLY MINOR AMOUNT PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; TWO OTHER PITS SHOWN, ONE 100 M SOUTH, THE OTHER 200 M SOUTH; NONE SHOW EXPRESSION ON TOPO

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., PIT TEXT P. 10 , PITS LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    CLAY PITS LOCATED IN GROVER 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., Pit Text P. 10 , Pits Located 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., Pit Text P. 10 , Pits Located On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAYS COMMONLY BLUISH GRAY AND CONTAIN VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH QUARTZ SAND AND CLAYEY MATERIAL; LOCAL SLUMPING AND SOIL CREEP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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

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