Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl-102

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Garnet
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 10079086
MRDS ID W027981
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl-102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.58673, 35.11231 (WGS84)
Elevation 203
Relative position 7.0 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH OF DRAYTONVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg South(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
  • West of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OUTCROP WITH GARNET-BEARING ROCK OF UNKNOWN GRADE AND UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.58673, 35.11231

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • KEITH REPORTS GARNET MASSES COMPACT AND AS MUCH AS 1 M THICK; GARNET CRYSTAL CAN BE CLEAR, FLAWLESS, RICH RED GEM QUALITY; INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS AS LARGE AS 10 CM IN DIAMETER FOUND

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., TEXT 13 P., DESCRIPTION TEXT P. 13 , LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTIO

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • 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.., Description Text P. 13 , Located By Symbol On Geologic Map At 1:62,500Keith, 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.., Description Text P. 13 , Located By Symbol On Geologic Map At 1:62,500

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GARNETIFEROUS ROCK
Deposit OCCURRENCE SHOWN AS EXTENDING INTO PREC ROAN GNEISS UNIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Occurrence In Blacksburg South 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.