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Unnamed Emerald Occurrence Gl - 033

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gemstone, Beryllium, Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093768
MRDS ID W027118
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Emerald Occurrence Gl - 033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.56622, 35.22761 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 4.8 KM WSW OF PATTERSON SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg North(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 North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL PEGMATITE DIKES BEARING BERYL EMERALD VARIETY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Carolina Gneiss
    Rock description Carolina Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.56622, 35.22761
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1909

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

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

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., MINE TEXT P. 12 , SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1:62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE LOCATED IN BLACKSBURG NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; AT THE OLD PLANTATION MINE ABOUT 1.5 KM TO THE NORTHWEST, SMALL PEGMATITE DIKES YIELDED SMALL AMOUNTS OF EMERALDS AND AQUAMARINES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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