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Green Property Northern Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078925
MRDS ID W027632
Record type Site
Current site name Green Property Northern Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.42122, 35.13321 (WGS84)
Elevation 247
Relative position 4.8 KM SE OF GROVER, N.C.; NEAR BOUNDRY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

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

  • ON WESTERN SPUR OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • On Western Spur of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Clay Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WADDY SCHISTS, USUALLY BECOMING SCARCER AT DEPTH; ORE USUALLY HAND PICKED; ALSO POSSIBLY CLAY FROM DEEPLY WEATHERED SERICITE SCHIST LAYERS
  • Garnetiferous Manganese Oxides, Hydroxides, and Silicates
  • Also Possibly Clay Present

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 SORTERS
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) Blacksburg Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 300M
    Width 24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Garnetiferous Manganiferous Schist Lenses Or Sericite Schist Layers

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. Wehunt
    Home office Cherryville N.C
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • TOPO SHOWS SMALL NARROW WORKING AREA; PRODUCTION FIGURES OF EITHER MANGANESE ORE OR GOOD QUALITY CLAY LACKING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE VOLUME OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE SCHISTS PRESENT; SOME GOOD QUALITY CLAY MAY BE PRESENT; SOME GOOD QUALITY FRESH SERICITE IN BEDROCK MAY BE PRESENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6M
    Overall length 109.73M
    Overall width 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPO, 1971 , SHOWS NARROW AREA OF WORKINGS AS CLAY PIT

Comments on development

  • ESPENSHADE REPORTS MANGANESE BUT TOPO MAP LABELS PIT AS CLAY; PIT INSPECTION NEEDED; MAY BE EITHER OR BOTH COMMODITIES IN VICINITY

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 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    SYMBOL LOCATES PITS IN GROVER 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. 4 , 5 , TEXT 5 P.

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON ESPENSHADE, G. H., MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    TOPO, 1971

  • Deposit

    Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    Espenshade, G. H., 1942 , Gaffney-Kings Mountain S.C. - N.C. Manganese Occurrences: USGS Mineral Deposits Office File Report, Mine Text P. 4 , Text 5 P.Espenshade, G. H., 1942 , Gaffney-Kings Mountain S.C. - N.C. Manganese Occurrences: USGS Mineral Deposits Office File Report, Mine Text P. 4 , Text 5 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST; WEATHERING OF SPESSARTITE-RICH LAYERS WOULD FORM MANGANESE OCCURRENCE; WEATHERING OF SERICITE SCHIST WOULD FORM CLAY DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MANGANESE MASSES IN MANGANIFEROUS BELT; ANOTHER DEPOSIT ALSO WORKED ON STRIKE 0.5 KM TO SW; POSSIBLY CLAY FROM OXIDIZED SERICITE SCHIST LAYERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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

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