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Unnamed Beryl Occurrence

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gemstone, Beryllium
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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. 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 10078662
MRDS ID W027121
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Beryl Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.514, 35.20955 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Relative position 3.0 KM NEARLY DUE SOUTH OF PATTERSON SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg North(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 North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BERYL CRYSTALS MOSTLY OPAQUE, SOME TRANSPARENT, SOME TRANSLUCENT; SOME PALE BLUISH GREEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > 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
    Rock description Carolina Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.514, 35.20955
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 4.5M
    Length 400M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP OCCURRENCE

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL BERYL PEGMATITES IN AREA; BERYL CRYSTALS OF DIFFERENT SIZES IN PEGMATITE DIKES THAT CUT ROCKS OF DIFFERENT KINDS; LARGEST CRYSTALS 10 CM IN DIAMETER

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. 12 , SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1:62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE LOCATED IN BLACKSBURG NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SITE NEAR CONTACT OF GRANITE AND GNEISS UNITS
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING

Reporter information

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

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