Unnamed Furnace Rock Quarries Gl - 028

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089448
MRDS ID W026517
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Furnace Rock Quarries Gl - 028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.64543, 35.00071 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 8.0 KM SOUTH OF GAFFNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaffney(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

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West of Kings Mountain Range
  • Quarries Located In Gaffney Topo Quad At 1 : 24,0 00

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED LOCALLY BEFORE AND DURING CIVIL WAR
  • Sandy Or Siliceous Varieties of Sericite Schist

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.64543, 35.00071

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT FOR THE SMALL LOCAL IRON INDUSTRY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME AMOUNTS OF ROCK SUITABLE FOR FURNACE ROCK REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; FIVE WORKING SITES SHOWN ALONG STRIKE FOR 400 M; NONE SHOW EXPRESSION ON TOPO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES QUARRIES ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    QUARRIES LOCATED IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p.., Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Quarries On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p.., Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Quarries On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit SANDY AND SILICEOUS VARIETIES OF SERICITE SCHIST NEAR BASAL HORIZON OF BATTLE GROUND SCHIST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Furnace Stone

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. 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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