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Cromley Mine

Past Producer in Saluda county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089920
MRDS ID W044303
Record type Site
Current site name Cromley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.76924, 34.08043 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 5.08 MILES NOZE OF THE INTERSECTION OF US HWY 178 AND S.C. HWY 121 IN SALUDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saluda(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saluda North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Saluda

Comments on the location information

  • 5.1 Miles N02e of the Intersection of Us Hwy 178 and Sc Hwy 121, Saluda North 7,5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.76924, 34.08043
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kings Mountain Mica Co., Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS: ONE IS ABOUT 30 X 45 FT AND 15-20 FT DEEP WITH A SMALL WASTE PILE TO THE NE. OTHER PIT IS T-SHAPED, 130-140 FT LONG AND 30-40 FT ACROSS LEG OF THE T; 25-30 FT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOL. SURVE

  • Deposit

    Mittwede. S.K., 1997, Mining History, Geology And Mineralogy Of The Cromley Mica Mine, Saluda County, South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 39, P. 23-30Mittwede. S.K., 1997, Mining History, Geology And Mineralogy Of The Cromley Mica Mine, Saluda County, South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 39, P. 23-30

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT FINE SCRAP MICA-LARGEST FLAKE OBSERVED ABOUT 12-15 MM ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit PEGMATITE (?) HAS MUSCOVITE; WHITE, MILKY QUARTZ AND ILMENITE
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Mittwede, Steven K. (Zupan, Alan-Jo South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

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