Jeff Martin Shaft

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089595
MRDS ID W027638
Record type Site
Current site name Jeff Martin Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.49543, 35.08511 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 5.5 KM WNW OF KINGS CREEK TOWN

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

  • NEAR CREST IN SOUTHERN PART OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • Near Crest In Southern Part of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WADDY SCHISTS, USUALLY BECOMING SCARCER AT DEPTH; ORE USUALLY HAND PICKED
  • Garnetiferous Manganese Oxides, Hydroxides, and Silicates

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Ore
Wad Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTS 15 TO 57 PERCENT MANGANESE METAL DEPENDING ON SKILL OF HAND SORTERS
Result ALSO ABOUT 5 PERCENT IRON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.49543, 35.08511

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 15M
    Length 150M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Garnetiferous Manganiferous Schist Lenses At Top Of Battleground Schist Unit

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. R. Bonsal Co., Inc.
    Home office Hamlet
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jeff Martin, 1942

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE VOLUME OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE SCHISTS PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING, PROBABLY SHAFT DEPTH BETWEEN 6 AND 15 M

Comments on development

  • BONSAL HAD VERY POOR CORE RECOVERY 15 M; DRILL DEPTH 7.5 TO 24 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., MINE TEXT P. 12 , 13 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., 1942 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. MANGANESE OCCURRENCES: USGS MINERAL DEPOSITS OFFICE FILE REPORT, MINE TEXT P. 3 , TEXT 5 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE LOCATED IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL BONSAL, MORE THAN 11 CORE DRILLS

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON ESPENSHADE, G. H., MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    ESPENSHADE, 1942

  • 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

    Espenshade, G. H., 1942 , Gaffney-Kings Mountain S.C. - N.C. Manganese Occurrences: USGS Mineral Deposits Office File Report, Mine Text P. 4 , Text 5 P.Espenshade, G. H., 1942 , Gaffney-Kings Mountain S.C. - N.C. Manganese Occurrences: USGS Mineral Deposits Office File Report, Mine Text P. 4 , Text 5 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE MASSES, IN PLACES PARALLEL, IN MANGANIFEROUS BELT; MANGANESE OXIDES BECOME SCARCER AT DEPTH, ABOUT 15 M
Deposit BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 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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