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Kings Creek Barite Southwest Area

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084224
MRDS ID W101402
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Creek Barite Southwest Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.43953, 35.07261 (WGS84)
Elevation 169
Relative position 0.3 KM WSW OF KINGS CREEK, SMALL POND SELECTED AS PIT SITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(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

  • EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • East Side of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Ore
Sericite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silic, Chlorite, Sericite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Battleground Formation
    Rock description Battleground Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.43953, 35.07261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.06M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt: Part of the Kings Mountain Barite Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Cherokee Chemcial Company

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clinchfield Sand And Feldspar Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • HAND-COBBED HIGH GRADE ORE PROBABLE PRODUCT.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLE PIT AREA NOW INCLUDES SMALL POND ABOUT 100 M LONG AND 30 M WIDE; POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT FROM INCLINE.

Comments on development

  • PART OF KINGS MOUNTAIN BARITE BELT; 40 KM LONG 30M TO 0.8KM WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931, GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN USGS FOLIO NO. 222

  • 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 INFORMATION LACKING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1992 Klein, T.L. 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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