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Unnamed Clay Pit Fl - 072

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078926
MRDS ID W027633
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Pit Fl - 072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.44423, 35.10181 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 3.2 KM SLIGHTLY WEST OF DUE NORTH OF KINGS CREEK TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(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

  • VALLEY SLOPE IN SOUTHERN PART OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • Valley Slope In Southern Part of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MODERATELY SMALL, WORKED-OUT ZONE OF CLAY FROM IN SITU WEATHERING OF SERICITE SCHIST LAYER
  • Clay From Deeply Weathered Sericite Schist Layer

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) In Situ Weathering

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.44423, 35.10181
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silvery Sericite Schist Layers

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; SMALL PIT SHOWN ON TOPO

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOOD QUALITY CLAY REMAINS; DEPENDING ON QUALITY, SERICITE IN FRESH BEDROCK MAY BE OF SOME ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPO, 1971 , SHOWS ONE PIT WITH ABOUT 50 M DIAMETER CUT INTO HILLSIDE, HIGHEST PIT WALL ABOUT 15 M

Comments on development

  • ONE OF SEVERAL MODERATELY SMALL CLAY PITS SITED IN HILLSIDES OF WEATHERED SERICITE SCHIST LAYERS IN THE PREC BATTLEGROUND SCHIST UNIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SYMBOL LOCATES PIT IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 2222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, GEOLOG

  • Production

    TOPO, 1971

  • 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. Geol. Map At 1:62,500Keith, 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. Geol. Map At 1:62,500

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY FROM OXIDIZED AND LEACHED SERICITE SCHIST LAYER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Symbol Locates Pit In Kings Creek 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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