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Frank Earl Barite Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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 10105980
MRDS ID W026385
Record type Site
Current site name Frank Earl Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.50673, 35.06821 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 3.2 KM ENE OF CHEROKEE FALLS; EXACT MINE LOCATION NOT KNOWN

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

  • SOUTHWEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • Southwest of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MASSIVE BARITE REPORTEDLY USED IN GLASS INDUSTRY

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.6M
    Depth to top 0M

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 Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Frank Earl, 1949

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF BARITE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE BARITE ORE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • NARROW TRENCHES AND INCLINED DRIFTS HAVE BEEN OPENED ALONG A 15 M THICK ZONE OF SERICITE SCHIST
  • Abandoned

Comments on development

  • PART OF CAROLINA BARITE BELT, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 KM LONG, MOSTLY 30 M WIDE BUT AS MUCH AS 0.8 KM WIDE; LAVENDER PLACE BARITE MINE ADJOINS TO NORTHEAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 , TEXT 25 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATION AND ORE CHARACTERISTIC

  • Production

    VAN HORN, 1949

  • 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 INFORMATION LACKING
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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