Knox Sillimanite Deposit

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Kyanite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10200209
MAS/MILS ID	0370710048
Record type	Site
Current site name	Knox Sillimanite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-81.26092, 35.19571 (WGS84)
Elevation	262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(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	Gaston

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Kyanite	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-81.26092, 35.19571	ListMap

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

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0370710048

Bibliographic references

Deposit

REF:ESPENSHADE AND POTTER,1960,USGS PROF PAPER 336,P 90-92,

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.