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Unnamed Barite Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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 10105979
MRDS ID W026384
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.43403, 35.07151 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Relative position 0.24 MILE S53E OF KINGS CREEK

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

  • MEASURED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SC HWY 5 AND THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRACK
  • 0.23 Miles S53e of Kings Creek From the Intersection of Sc Hwy 5 and the Southern Railroad Track, Kings Creek 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR SOLD THE BARITE AS A FILLER. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, INC. SOLD BARITE AS A FILLER FOR RUBBER. A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF COPPER AS A BY-PRODUCT WERE PRODUCED BY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, INC.
  • Used As Filler

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Sericite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Battleground Schist
    Rock description Battleground Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.43403, 35.07151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS AND LENSES
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Barite Veins Enclosed In White Sericite Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT, BATTLEGROUND SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Kings Creek Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industrial Minerals, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 454, York,Sc 29745 (803-684-6000)

Comments on the workings information

  • THESE WORKINGS ARE NOW WITHIN THE AREA OF THE "KINGS CREEK SERICITE MINE" OPERATED BY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, INC.
  • Abandoned

Comments on development

  • THE CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR CORPORATION LEASED ALL THE HOLDINGS OF THE CHEROKEE CHEMICAL COMPANY IN THE EARLY 1930'S AFTER THE CRASH AND FOLLOWING DEPRESSION FORCED BANKRUPTCY ON THE CHEROKEE CHEMICAL COMPANY. THIS UNNAMED MINE WAS PROBABLY INITIATED BY THE CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR CORPORATION. IN 1943 MINING DISCONTINUED AND THE PLANT WAS USED TO GRIND BARITE ORE FROM TENNESSEE. IN 1949, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, INC. BOUGHT THE CHEROKEE CHEMICAL COMPANY'S HOLDINGS. BARITE WAS MINED UNTIL 1966.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN HORN, E.C.: LEGRAND, J.R.: MCMURRAY, L.L., 1949, GEOLOGY NAND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT: RESEARCH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOL., BULL. NO.18, P.15

  • 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, 13P.

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, C.K., 1962, BARIUM RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, BULL. NO. 27, 22P.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, L.G., 1958, BARITE AT KINGS CREEK: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, MINERAL INDUSTRIES LABORATORY MONTHLY BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO.6, P.40-45.

  • Deposit

    Van Horn, E. C., Le Grand, J. R., And Mc Murray, L. L., 1949 , Geology And Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies Of The Carolina Barite Belt, Research Planning And Development Board, State Of South Carolina, Bull. No. 18 , Mine Text P. 17 , TextVan Horn, E. C., Le Grand, J. R., And Mc Murray, L. L., 1949 , Geology And Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies Of The Carolina Barite Belt, Research Planning And Development Board, State Of South Carolina, Bull. No. 18 , Mine Text P. 17 , Text

  • Deposit

    Abandoned

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS UP TO 12 FT THICK
Deposit ENTIRE KINGS CREEK LOCALITY ESTIMATED TO HAVE 30,000 TONS OF BARITE IN THE MINE DUMPS AND 133,000 TONS IN PLACE RESERVES (VAN HORN,ET,AL.): HOWEVER INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, INC. MINED BARITE AT KINGS CREEK AFTER VAN HORN, ET.AL'S STUDY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Hand - Cobbed High Grade

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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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