Bar Kat Mine

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073214
MRDS ID W019104
Record type Site
Current site name Bar Kat Mine
Alternate or previous names Mc Gill Gold Pyrite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.45923, 35.05151 (WGS84)
Elevation 197
Relative position 3.2 KM SSW OF KINGS CREEK

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

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • East Side of Kings Mountain Range
  • Mine Site Located In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD - BEARING PYRITE IN QUARTZ VEINS
  • Auriferous Pyrite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result COBBED PYRITE-RICH ORE ASSAYED 0.5 TO 5.0 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Roan Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.45923, 35.05151

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 180M
    Width 360M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Battleground Schist Roan Gneiss, And Triassic Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS FOLIATED TONALITE
  • HOST ROCK IS FOLIATED TONALITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST THREE CARLOADS OF CRUDE ORE SHIPPED IN 1934; OTHER PRODUCTION FIGURES LACKING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD - BEARING PYRITE ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 79.5M
    Overall depth 60M
    Overall length 480.06M
    Overall width 300M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, TWO TUNNELS, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, P.121 ; SRC.REF: MC CAULEY, 1966

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 8 , MINE LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE LOCATED IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, CAMILLA K., AND BUTLER, J. ROBERT, 1966 , GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE DEV. BOARD, S. C., DIV. OF GEOL., BULL. NO. 32 , MINE TEXT P. 32 , 33 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE MC CAULEY, C., S. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS

  • Production

    MC CAULEY, 1966

  • Deposit

    Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Mine Text P. 8 , Mine Located On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Mine Text P. 8 , Mine Located On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.

  • Deposit

    Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Div. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , P. 71 , 72 , Text 78 P.Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Div. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , P. 71 , 72 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EIGHT OR MORE QUARTZ VEINS, EACH 0.3 TO 1.2 M THICK NEAR SURFACE; AT 60 M DEPTH TUNNEL CUTS QUARTZ VEINS 14 CM THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

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