Kings Creek Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Boron-Borates, Mica, Stone, Dimension
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201891
MRDS ID W022377
MAS/MILS ID 0450210013
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.42953, 35.06341 (WGS84)
Elevation 189

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Boron-Borates Primary
Mica Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.42953, 35.06341

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Industrial Minerals, Inc.
    ID 3800099
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 1/20/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    # CRUDE MICA PRODUCED FROM SHIST

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0450219006

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/09/1985
MSHA mine ID3800099
Mine name (MSHA)Kings Creek Mine
Current operatorIndustrial Minerals Inc
Current controller (parent)L G Wilson Jr
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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