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Silver Mine Ridge Silver Mine

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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  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 10089591
MRDS ID W027549
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Mine Ridge Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.54153, 35.07401 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 1.1 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH FROM CHEROKEE FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg South(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

  • NORTH VALLEY SLOPE OF DOOLITTLE CREEK, NORTH OF SILVER MINE RIDGE
  • North Valley Slope of Doolittle Creek, North of Silver Mine Ridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL MINE IN FRESH BEDROCK SUPPOSEDLY FOR SILVER AND POSSIBLY LEAD IN SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.54153, 35.07401
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR SHEAR, HORIZONTAL BEDS
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 750 CUBIC METERS OF SULFIDE ORE ROCK MINED, SUPPOSEDLY FOR SILVER AND POSSIBLY LEAD CONTENT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFIDE - BEARING ORE ROCK REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.018HA
    Length 30M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • BEDDED ORE HORIZON EXPOSED ON SLOPE OF STEEP VALLEY WALL; HORIZONTAL ADIT DRIVEN INTO VALLEY WALL; ADIT STOPS AT SHEAR ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MR. MARTIN, CASHION CROSSROADS, 1977 , PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Production

    MR. MARTIN, 1977

  • Deposit

    Mr. Martin, Cashion Crossroads, 1977 , Personal Communication

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GNESSIC BED BEARING SULFIDES
Deposit Sulfide Ore

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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