| Deposit ID | 10096520 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027996 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beaver Dam Creek Brook Corundum Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.08201, 35.09201 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 201 |
| Relative position | 14.0 KM SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF DUE EAST OF CLOVER; PROSPECT LOCATION NOT EXACT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
York(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake Wylie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | York |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Corundum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Corundum | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -81.08201, 35.09201 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 29 E |
| Dip | 45 TO 85 SE |
| Thickness | 0.75M |
| Width | 171M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
|---|---|
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| District name | Clover Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027996 |
SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., PROSPECT TEXT P. 154
PROSPECT IN CLOVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500
1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIE
SLOAN, 1908
Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Prospect Text P. 154Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Prospect Text P. 154
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CORUNDUM ZONE ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL TO DIKE; BOTH EXTEND 2 KM SW TO NANNY MOUNTAIN TO CONTACT WITH EXTENSIVE BODY OF LIMONITE AND PYRRHOTITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | RESIDUAL CONRUNDUM CRYSTALS ON SURFACE; UNDERGROUND WORKINGS BROUGHT UP LUMPS WEIGHING MORE THAN 260 POUNDS |
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