Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Gl - 096

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. 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 10078875
MRDS ID W027569
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Gl - 096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.68873, 35.09591 (WGS84)
Elevation 261
Relative position 4.4 KM NW OF GAFFNEY CITY HALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaffney(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; NEAR RIDGE CREST LOCATED BETWEEN COLE AND IRENE CREEKS
  • West of Kings Mountain Range; Near Ridge Crest Located Between Cole and Irene Creeks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL IRON ORE PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Kyanite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.68873, 35.09591

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Fills Fractures In Bedrock; In Places Ore Possibly Resulted From Sulfides In Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY, THOUGH SOME MASSES AND FRAGMENTS OF LIMONITE ORE AND INTERMIXED ORE IN SURFACE SOILS WEATHERED FROM BEDROCK CARTED TO FURNACE ON CHEROKEE CREEK

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLY SOME IRON ORE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT AREA, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 M DIAMETER

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT IN ONE OF THE SEVERAL IRON ORE BEARING AREAS IN THE CHARLOTTE 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE

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

    PROSPECT IN GAFFNEY 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 DISSEMINATED HEMATITE IN BEDROCK; POSSIBLY SULFIDES IN SOME PLACES IN BEDROCK
Deposit KEITH STATES ORES IN FRACTURES FROM CIRCULATING FLUIDS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Prospect In Gaffney 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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