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Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 044

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. 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 10078245
MRDS ID W026475
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.50903, 35.16621 (WGS84)
Elevation 221
Relative position 5.3 KM NORTH OF BLACKSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg North(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

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE FORMS ONLY A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE IN GNEISS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Mica Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Kyanite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.50903, 35.16621
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF GRAPHITE IN MAJOR BEDROCKS UNIT

Comments on development

  • ONE OF FIVE GRAPHITE PROSPECTS IN BLACKSBURG AREA; THIS IN GNEISS UNIT, OTHERS IN SCHIST

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., MINE TEXT P. 13 , SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT LOCATED IN BLACKSBURG NORTH 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..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..

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPARSELY SCATTERED GRAPHITE IN GNEISS UNIT
Deposit INTERBEDDED GNEISSES AND SCHISTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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