Unnamed Barite Mine Fl-125

Past Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078198
MRDS ID W026386
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Barite Mine Fl-125

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.46513, 35.06121 (WGS84)
Elevation 160
Relative position 2.9 KM SW 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

  • SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • South of Kings Mountain Range
  • Mine Site In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE VEINS IN CAROLINA BELT REPORTED SEVERAL CENTIMETERS TO 60 CM THICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.46513, 35.06121

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mine Sited At Contact Of Roan Gneiss And Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt, Battleground Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE BARITE PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING
  • Abandoned

Comments on development

  • PART OF CAROLINA BARITE BELT, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 KM LONG, MOSTLY 30 M WIDE BUT AS MUCH AS 0.8 KM WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p., Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p., Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500

  • Deposit

    Abandoned

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDIVIDUAL BARITE VEINS SEVERAL CENTIMETERS TO 60 CM THICK
Deposit Hand - Cobbed High Grade

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
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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