John Childers Barite Occurrence

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078200
MRDS ID W026388
Record type Site
Current site name John Childers Barite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.48203, 35.08041 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Relative position 4.2 KM WNW OF KINGS CREEK; EXACT MINE LOCATION NOT KNOWN

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY FRAGMENTS OF BARITE IN RESIDUUM OF A SERICITIC SCHIST

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.48203, 35.08041

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

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

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING, PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE BARITE PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • 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

    VAN HORN, E. C., LE GRAND, J. R., AND MC MURRAY, L. L., 1949 , GEOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT, RESEARCH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BULL. NO. 18 , MINE TEXT P. 16 , TEXT 25 P.

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATION AND ORE CHARACTERISTIC

  • Production

    VAN HORN, 1949

  • Deposit

    Van Horn, E. C., Le Grand, J. R., And Mc Murray, L. L., 1949 Geology And Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies Of The Carolina Barite Belt, Research Planning And Development Board, State Of South Carolina, Bull. No. 18 , Mine Text P. 17 , Text 2Van Horn, E. C., Le Grand, J. R., And Mc Murray, L. L., 1949 Geology And Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies Of The Carolina Barite Belt, Research Planning And Development Board, State Of South Carolina, Bull. No. 18 , Mine Text P. 17 , Text 2

  • Deposit

    Abandoned

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; NOT PROSPECTED

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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