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Blacksburg Mine

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089931
MRDS ID W044329
Record type Site
Current site name Blacksburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.50453, 35.08451 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 0.4 MILE S 26.5 E OF CASHION CROSSROADS

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

  • 0.4 Miles S26e of Cashion Crossroads: Blacksburg South 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WEATHERED SCHIST MINED FOR MANGANESE PRESENT (USUALLY LESS THAN 5 PERCENT) AS A COLORANT IN BRICK
  • Used As A Clorant For Brick
  • Manganese Schist

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Schist Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Battleground Schist (Manganese Schist Member)
    Rock description Battleground Schist (Manganese Schist Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.50453, 35.08451
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1981

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Taylor Clay Products, Inc.
    Home office Box 2128, Salisbury, Nc 28144 (704-636-2411)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.088HA
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • TAYLOR CLAY PRODUCTS, DHEC PERMIT 482, BEING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    KEITH, A. AND STERRETT, D.B., 1931, DESCRIPTION OF THE GAFFNEY AND KINGS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S., GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO SER., NO. 222, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXHALATIVE MANGANESE
Deposit Brick Clay
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) 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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