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Hilltop Mine

Producer in Lancaster 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  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 10089769
MRDS ID W031681
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.5401, 34.57542 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 3.0 MILES N57E OF KERSHAW,SC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kershaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynches(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lancaster

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US 601 AND US 521
  • 3.0 Miles N57e of Kershaw, Kershaw 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS PAINT FILLER, FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATORS AND DUSTING COMPOUND BETWEEN ROOFING TILES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sericite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.5401, 34.57542
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of last production 1981

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Mining Corp. Box 458 Kershaw Sc 29067 (803) 285-3965

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.928HA
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 228.6M
    Overall width 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE PITS AT THE SITE OF THE HAILE GOLD MINE
  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 214, MINERAL MINING CORPOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Maddry, J.W. And Spear, W.E., 1993, Mineralite Deposits At He Haile Gold Mine, Lancaster County, South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V 36, P1-8Maddry, J.W. And Spear, W.E., 1993, Mineralite Deposits At He Haile Gold Mine, Lancaster County, South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V 36, P1-8

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) 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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