Little Mountain Kyn Occurrence

Unknown in Newberry county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Kyanite, Pyrophyllite
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089016
MRDS ID W007509
Record type Site
Current site name Little Mountain Kyn Occurrence
Related records 10275277

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39983, 34.20013 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Newberry(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Newberry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary
Pyrophyllite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Fine Grained Schistose Quartz Rock
    Rock description Fine Grained Schistose Quartz Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.39983, 34.20013

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 304.8M
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KYANITE - QUARTZ ROCK IN THIN LENSES THAT OCCUR IN BELTS AS MUCH AS 1,000 FT. LONG, 100 - 150 FT. WIDE.
  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • GEOLOGY OF BOTH THE DEPOSIT AND ITS VICINITY NEED TO BE STUDIED.

Comments on development

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-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

Beyond USGS

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