Thicketty Creek Limestone Occurrence

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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 10079085
MRDS ID W027980
Record type Site
Current site name Thicketty Creek Limestone Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.72013, 35.01791 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Relative position 8.8 KM SW 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

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE; 200 M SOUTH OF HIGHWAY RTE 29 AND 500 M ENE OF THICKETTY
  • West of Kings Mountain Range; 200 M South of Highway Rte 29 and 500 M Ene of Thicketty

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHORT, THIN LIMESTONE BEDS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE SHOWS IN PERCENT EQUIVALENTS CACO3 48.94 , CAPO4 0.11 , CASO4 NONE, MGCO3 27.23 , SI 18.42
Result ANALYSIS SHOWS OTHER CONSTITUENTS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.72013, 35.01791

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike ENE
    Dip 14 SE
    Thickness 1.25M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY A VERY SMALL VOLUME OF IMPURE CARBONATE PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • LAYER OF BLUE PYRITIC QUARTZ 1 M THICK OVERLIES LIMESTONE BEDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SLOAN, 1908

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., MINE TEXT P. 234 , 259

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., SYMBOL LOCATES LIMESTONE OCCURRENCE ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIES

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    SLOAN, 1908

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 234 , 259Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 234 , 259

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN GNEISSIC SCHIST OUTCROP; TWO BEDS, UPPER BED OF INTER LAMINATED QUARTZ AND LIMESTONE 0.65 M THICK, LOWER BED OF HARD WHITE LIMESTONE 0.6 M THICK, SEPARATED BY GNEISS LAYER 1.5 M THICK
Deposit CARBONATE LENSE IN GNEISS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 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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