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Unnamed Corundum Prospect Gl - 046

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Corundum
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  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 10093735
MRDS ID W026474
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Corundum Prospect Gl - 046

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.5915, 35.18344 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Relative position 9.0 KM SW OF PATTERSON SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg North(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 North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CORUNDUM CRYSTALS IN SOIL IN NARROW BELT OF WEATHERED SCHIST

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.5915, 35.18344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 20 TO 30 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING, MANY CORUNDUM CRYSTALS IN SOIL HORIZON

Comments on development

  • TWO OTHER CORUNDUM OCCURRENCES IN NARROW NORTHWARD TRENDING BELT 1.7 KM LONG.

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. 13 , SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT LOCATED IN BLACKSBURG NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT IN CAROLINA GNEISS NEAR CONTACT WITH WHITESIDE - CHERRYVILLE GRANITE; TWO OTHER CORUNDUM OCCURRENCES ARE NEARBY TO THE SOUTH IN THE NORTHWARD EXTENDING GRANITE INTRUSIVE
Deposit MANY CORUNDUM CRYSTALS 5 CM THICK AND 15 CM LONG IN SOIL; CRYSTALS GRAY TO BRONZE - COLORED, AND SOME SHOW STRONG SHEEN OR CHATOYANCY

Reporter information

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

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