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Boling Mine

Past Producer in Greenville county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080754
MRDS ID W032107
Record type Site
Current site name Boling Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.33985, 34.74072 (WGS84)
Elevation 261
Relative position 0.3 MILE N38.5E OF UNION CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenville(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simpsonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Greenville

Comments on the location information

  • O.3 Miles S38e of Union Church, Check Topo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CINNAMON-BROWN MICA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 39
USGS model code 13f
Deposit model name Mica pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.33985, 34.74072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PARTLY FILLED PITS IN A ROW ABOUT 100 FT LONG (1943). IN 1943, M.C. SNYDER AND E.B. TAYLOR, OF RUTHERFORD, N.C., CLEANED AND DEEPENED ONE PIT TO 24 FT. NOW: ONE PIT ABOUT 20 FT DEEP AND PARTIALLY FILLED PIT AREA ABOUT 100 FT LONG.
  • Inactive; Abandoned

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS BY W.O. BOLING, THE OWNER, AND OTHERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Mittwede, Steven K. (Zupan, Alan-Jo South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
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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