Pacolet Mill

Plant in Spartanburg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Feldspar
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 10305301
MAS/MILS ID 0450839901
Record type Site
Current site name Pacolet Mill
Alternate or previous names Spartan Minerals Co., Div. Of, Lithium Corp. of America

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.78314, 34.91071 (WGS84)
Elevation 238

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spartanburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pacolet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(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 Spartanburg

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.78314, 34.91071

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Gravity

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Spartan Minerals Corp
    ID 3800027
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10/4/81.

  • Deposit

    SC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY & BUMINES STATE LIAISON OFFICER FOR SC.

  • Deposit

    MILL PROCESSES FELDSPATHIC SAND FROM VULCAN MATERIALS

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

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 03/25/1999
MSHA mine ID3800027
Mine name (MSHA)SPARTAN MINERALS MILL
Current operatorSpartan Minerals Corp
Current controller (parent)FMC Corp
Mine typeFacility (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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