Abernathy and Kehaya/Dorn Mine

Past Producer in McCormick county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202119
MAS/MILS ID 0450650001
Record type Site
Current site name Abernathy and Kehaya/Dorn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.29155, 33.91514 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McCormick(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCormick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clark Hill Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stevens(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina McCormick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.29155, 33.91514

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. G. And J. L. Dorn Inc.-No. Amer. Gold Mines/Min. At/1933
    Home office New York
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner Abernathy And Kehaya-Cherokee Mining Co. Sublease.
    Home office South Carolina
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W.A. BECK,R.I. 3858, 1946, MN OF MCCORMICK CO,S.C.

  • Deposit

    WAR MEM. REPORT-1945

  • Deposit

    EXAMINATIONS REPORT, 1945

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.