Cowpens Battlefield Bog-Iron Mine

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080554
MRDS ID W031836
Record type Site
Current site name Cowpens Battlefield Bog-Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.83044, 35.16121 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesnee(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.83044, 35.16121

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED AND WORKED DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOLDSMITH, RICHARD, FIELD OBSERVATION, U.S.G.S

  • Deposit

    D'Agostino, John P., Personal Observation.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCED MINOR AMOUNTS OF LIMONITE (MANGANESE RICH). ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-02 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

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