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Ben Martin Mine

Past Producer in Anderson county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100249
MRDS ID W032106
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Martin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.77067, 34.29043 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF IVA, 5.4 MILES SE OF HARTWELL DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anderson(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hartwell Dam(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 Anderson

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATION TAKEN TO BEAT MINE SYMBOL ON HARTWELL DAM, GA-S.C. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
  • Mine Location Taken To Be At Mine Symbol On Hartwell Dam, Ga-S.C. Topographic Map

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLAT CINNAMON-BROWN AND BROWNISH TO YELLOWISH-OLIVE "A" MICAS OCCUR IN THE DEPOSIT. FLAT BOOKS UP TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER ARE SCATTERED THROUGH THE PLAGIOCLASE-RICH WALL ZONE. MOST ARE BADLY CRACKED AND WOULD NOT YIELD SHEET MATERIAL. A FEW SMALL, GREENISH "A" BOOKS OCCUR WITHIN THE QUARTZ CORE, AND LARGE "A" BOOKS ARE CLUSTERED ALONG ITS MARGINS. ALTHOUGH MICA CONTENT OF THE DEPOSIT IS MODERATELY HIGH, THE RECOVERY OF SHEET FROM THE CRACKED OR REEVED MINE-RUN BOOKS IS LOW. ABOUT 75 PERCENT OF THE OBTAINABLE SHEET MICA CONTAINS BLACK SPECKS, BROWN MINERAL STAINS AND GREEN ORGANIC VEGETABLE STAINS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 39
USGS model code 13f
Deposit model name Mica pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.77067, 34.29043
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite- Hartwell District

Comments on the geologic information

  • INNER PIEDMONT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Hartwell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rosamond Mcneely, Anderson S. C.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.018HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE SLOPES SOUTHWARD FROM THE CUTS SOUTHEND, AND A CROSSCUT EXTENDS EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CUT. WORKING DIMENSIONS AS OF JULY 1944.
  • Inactive; Abandoned

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE DIKE 30 FT WIDE AT SURFACE BUT TAPERS DOWNWARD TO 14 FT WIDE AT THE 20-FT LEVEL
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Mittwede, Steven) 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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