| Deposit ID | 10106060 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027630 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dave Byers Manganese Pits |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.45923, 35.11291 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 213 |
| Relative position | 4.8 KM NNW OF KINGS CREEK TOWN |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | Cherokee |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Clay | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Manganese Ox-Hydrous | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Spessartite | Gangue |
| Result | FOR ANOTHER MANGANESE OCCURRENCE NEARBY, MANGANESE IN PERCENT FROM ONE DRILL HOLE WAS 8.16 TO 9.43 |
|---|---|
| Result | ALSO ABOUT 5 PERCENT IRON |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| |||
| (1) | -81.45923, 35.11291 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 600M |
| Width | 30M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 15M |
| Commodity type | Both |
|---|---|
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dave Byers, 1942 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 320.04M |
| Overall width | 10M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027630 |
SRC.REF: ESPENSHADE, 1942
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.
SYMBOLS LOCATE PITS IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 , ERRONEOUSLY LABELED CLAY PITS
1942 RECON ESPENSHADE, G. H., MN OCCURRENCE
ESPENSHADE, 1942 , TOPO, 1971
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: ABOUT 1900 ; 1940 |
| Deposit | MANGANESE MASSES IN MANGANIFEROUS BELT; AVERAGE WIDTH 22 TO 30 M, IN PLACES 90 M, AND LENGTH OF 300 TO 600 M, SEVERAL PARALLEL ZONES MAY OCCUR 150 M TO 300 M APART; MANGANESE OXIDES DECREASE WITH DEPTH, ABOUT 15 M |
| 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 |
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