Sullivan Farm Manganese Prospect

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078912
MRDS ID W027615
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan Farm Manganese Prospect
Alternate or previous names Formerly Beam Farm Manganese Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.62903, 35.01981 (WGS84)
Elevation 236
Relative position 6.3 KM SSE OF GAFFNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaffney(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

  • SOUTHWEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • Southwest of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WADDY SCHISTS, USUALLY BECOMING SCARCER AT DEPTH; ORE USUALLY HAND PICKED
  • Garnetiferous Manganese Oxides, Hydroxides, and Silicates

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Ore
Wad Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTS 15 TO 57 PERCENT MANGANESE METAL DEPENDING ON SKILL OF HAND SORTER
Result ALSO ABOUT 5 PERCENT IRON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.62903, 35.01981

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 600M
    Width 42M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Garnetiferous Manganiferous Schist Lenses At Top Of Battleground Schist Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sullivan

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE VOLUME OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE SCHISTS PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on development

  • PART OF DEPOSIT ON BALLINGER FARM TO THE NNE; MANGANIFEROUS BELT ALONG FAULT ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931

  • 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 , 13 , SYMBOL LOCATES PROSPECT ON MAP AT 1:62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT SITE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., 1942 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. MANGANESE OCCURRENCES: USGS MINERAL DEPOSITS OFFICE FILE REPORT, MINE TEXT P. 2 , TEXT 5 P.

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON ESPENSHADE, G. H., MN OCCURRENCES

  • 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 , 13 , Mine Located 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. 12 , 13 , Mine Located On Map At 1:62,500 , Text 13 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MANGANESE MASSES IN MANGANIFEROUS BELT; MANGANESE OXIDES DECREASE AT DEPTH, ABOUT 15 M; ZONE WIDTH VARIES FROM 15 M TO 42 M, BASED ON ABUNDANCE OF MANGANESE FLOAT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Symbol Locates Mine Site In Grover Topo Quad At 1:24,000
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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