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Unnamed Manganese Pit

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093859
MRDS ID W044351
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.49173, 35.09291 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 3.35 MILES N 67 E OF KINGS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(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

  • 3.35 Miles N67w of Kings Creek,Kings Creek 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLORING FOR BRICK
  • Used As A Clorant For Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Schist Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.49173, 35.09291
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Broad River Brick Co., Division Of Boren Clay Products
    Home office P. O Box 550, Gaffney, Sc 29340

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • 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, 13p.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, 13p.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
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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