Wards Creek Sillimanite Deposit

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Kyanite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175398
MRDS ID W002515
MAS/MILS ID 0370450037
Record type Site
Current site name Wards Creek Sillimanite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.10622, 35.07821 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Wylie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.10622, 35.07821

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:ESPENSHADE AND POTTER,1960,USGS PROF PAPER 336,P 105

  • Deposit

    REF: HASH & VAN HORN, 1951, N. C. GEOL BULL #61, P 6-7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.