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Sams Place Barite Prospect

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  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 10078203
MRDS ID W026391
Record type Site
Current site name Sams Place Barite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.54813, 35.04401 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 2.4 KM NEARLY DUE SOUTH OF CHEROKEE FALLS; 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

Blacksburg South(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

  • SOUTHWEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • Southwest of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SERICITE SCHIST LESS THAN 1 M THICK IN OUTCROPS WHICH CONTAIN MORE DISSEMINATED QUARTZ THAN BARITE; PROSPECT VEIN CONTAINS MORE QUARTZ THAN ANY OTHER BARITE VEIN IN CAROLINA BARITE BELT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.54813, 35.04401
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Along Mapped Fault Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt, Battleground Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • STRING OF PROSPECT PITS ONLY; PRODUCTION DOUBTFUL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY ONLY A LOW - GRADE, QUARTZ - RICH BARITE VEIN

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; STRING OF EIGHT SMALL PROSPECT PITS IN OUTCROPS; PRODUCTION DOUBTFUL

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. 17 , 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING THOUGH OCCURRENCE HAS SOME LENGTH; BARITE VEIN IN SERICITE SCHIST WHICH IS ABOUT 1 M THICK

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

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