Clenkscales Prospect

Unknown in Abbeville county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096653
MRDS ID W044389
Record type Site
Current site name Clenkscales Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.58986, 34.29953 (WGS84)
Elevation 187
Relative position 2.73 MILES S 84 W OF THE JUNCTION OF S.C. HWYS 28 AND 184 IN ANTREVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Abbeville(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antreville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Abbeville

Comments on the location information

  • 2.7 Miles S84w of the Junction of Sc Hwys 28 and 184, Antreville 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.58986, 34.29953

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • INNER PIEDMONT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 16.76M
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 55-FT SHAFT WAS SUNK AT THE BOTTOM OF WHICH A 100-FT TUNNEL WAS CUT IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION. SHAFT FILLED IN BY MR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOL. SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Data Scgs, Field Obs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN MID-1950'S,? ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Mittwede, Steven K. (Zupan, Alan-Jo South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.