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Gaffney Mine

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081904
MRDS ID W044331
Record type Site
Current site name Gaffney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.58263, 35.08291 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 3.88 MILES N 80.5 E 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

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

  • MEASURED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SC HWY 11 AND US HWY 29
  • 3.9 Miles N81e of Gaffney:Measured From the Intersection of Sc Hwy 11 and Us Hwy 29:Blacksburg S. 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WEATHERED ARGILLITE
  • Used To Make Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Blacksburg Schist
    Rock description Blacksburg Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.58263, 35.08291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bennett Brick And Tile Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 29, Kings Mountain, Nc (704-739-3666)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 14.019HA
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 243.84M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • 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.

  • 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

    Field Obs Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
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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