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Unnamed Manganese Prospect Fl - 063

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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 10078920
MRDS ID W027627
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Prospect Fl - 063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.42793, 35.12821 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 4.9 KM SE OF GROVER, N.C.; 1.1 KM WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MILITARY PARK BOUNDRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(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

  • ON WESTERN SPUR OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • On Western Spur of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WADDY SCHIST OCCURS IN ZONES WITH AVERAGE WIDTH 22 TO 30 M, IN PLACES 90 M, AND LENGTH OF 300 M TO 600 M, SEVERAL PARALLEL ZONES MAY OCCUR 150 M TO 300 M APART; MANGANESE OXIDES BECOME SCARCER AT DEPTH, ABOUT 15 M
  • Garnetiferous Manganese Oxides, Hydroxides, and Silicates
  • Also Possibly Clay Present

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Ore
Wad Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTS 15 TO 57 PERCENT MANGANESE METAL DEPENDING ON SKILL OF HAND SORTERS
Result ALSO ABOUT 5 PERCENT IRON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.42793, 35.12821
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Garnetiferous Manganiferous Schist Lenses At Top Of Battleground Schist Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE VOLUME OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE SCHISTS PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING ON SIZE OF PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., MINE TEXT P. 12 , 13 , PROSPECT LOCATED ON MAP AT 1:62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT SITE LOCATED IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • 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 Located On Map At 1:62,500 , Text 13 P.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 Located On Map At 1:62,500 , Text 13 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; MANGANESE MASSES IN MANGANIFEROUS ZONE
Deposit BATTLEGROUND UNIT SERICITE TO PHYLLITIC SCHIST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Mine Site Located In Grover 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

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