Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 079

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Iron
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 10078862
MRDS ID W027552
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.59623, 35.07571 (WGS84)
Elevation 192
Relative position 3 KM NORTH OF DRAYTONVILLE

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

  • NORTH VALLEY SLOPES OF PEOPLES CREEK
  • North Valley Slopes of Peoples Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL IRON ORE PROSPECTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Mica Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Ottrelite Gangue
Quartzite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.59623, 35.07571

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTS ONLY, THOUGH PROBABLY SOME SURFACE ENRICHED LIMONITE, MAGNETITE, AND HEMATITE ORES COLLECTED FOR LOCAL SMELTER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME IRON ORES REMAIN

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECTS, EACH ABOUT 200 M LONG; SECOND PROSPECT 100 M TO NE

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTS IN ONE OF SEVERAL IRON ORE BELTS IN THE KINGS MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

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., MINE TEXT P. 9 .

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTS IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • 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. 9Keith, 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. 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE GRANULAR MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE ABUNDANT IN SOME ROCK LAYERS; TWO PROSPECTS, ONE IN GNEISS AND SCHIST TRENDS NW, OTHER IN GNEISSES TRENDS NE
Deposit ONE PROSPECT IS IN CAROLINA GNEISS AND CAMB BLACKSBURG SCHIST, THE OTHER IS IN CAROLINA GNEISS AND PREC ROAN GNEISS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Prospects In Blacksburg South Topo Quad At 1:24,000
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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