Mccaw Iron Mine

Unknown in York 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079098
MRDS ID W027999
Record type Site
Current site name Mccaw Iron Mine
Related records 10226196

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.44233, 35.03591 (WGS84)
Elevation 192
Relative position 4.2 KM SOUTH OF KINGS CREEK CITY; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(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 York

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • East Side of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRREGULAR VEIN OF PARTLY CRYSTALLINE HEMATITE MIXED WITH A LITTLE MAGNETITE IN SERICITE SCHISTS
  • Hematite Mixed With A Little Magnetite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result SEVEN SAMPLES SHOW RANGE IN PERCENT OF SI 4.94 TO 23.16 , FE 50.79 TO 67.71 , P 0.011 TO 0.055 , TITANIUM NONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.44233, 35.03591

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 2M
    Width 3.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION NOT MENTIONED; VERY SMALL IF ANY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE IRON ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF TEST PITS

Comments on development

  • SLOAN REPORTS MC CAW IRON ORE BODY SUBSTANTIALLY IN LINE WITH NEIGHBORING CARROLL AND ROSS PYRITE BODY, FL-087; MC CAW IRON ORE BODY NEAR TO MC CAW GOLD MINE, FL-088

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SLOAN, 1908

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., MINE TEXT P. 114

  • Deposit

    MINE IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIE

  • Production

    SLOAN, 1908

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 226 , 239Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 226 , 239

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IRREGULARLY APPEARS IN INCLOSING SCHISTS
Deposit SLOAN STATES MC CAW IRON ORE PROBABLY DERIVED FROM ALTERATION OF PYRITE; NO PYRITE REPORTED AT MINE SITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Quarry 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

Beyond USGS

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