| Deposit ID | 10106247 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032108 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Henry Knob Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.27652, 35.13011 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 366 |
| Relative position | LOCATED AT HENRY KNOB: 13.6 KM SE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY, N.C. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
York(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kings Mountain(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 |
|---|---|
| Kyanite | Primary |
| Iron-Pyrite | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Kyanite | Ore |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Lazulite | Gangue |
| Pyrophyllite | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Result | KYANITE QUARTZITE CONTENT 27%-KYANITE: INTERBEDDED SCHIST 10-12%-KYANITE. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | Battleground Formation, Metasedimentary rocks, undivided |
|---|
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N18E |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 3218.6M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1846 |
| Discoverer | Michael Tuomey |
| Year of first production | 1948 |
| Year of last production | 1969 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Commercialores, Inc., 39 Cortlandt St., Ny, Ny. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Commercialores, Inc. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 2.804HA |
| Overall depth | 48.77M |
| Overall length | 487.68M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032108 |
SRC.REF: ESPENSHADE, 1960: SAMPLE NO. SY-87
TUOMEY,M., 1848, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, P. 78
SMITH,L.L., 1932, THE NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR VALUE TO SOUTH CAROLINA: PIT AND QUARRY, VOL. 24, NO. 9, P. 31.
AVERY,W.M., 1953, KYANITE PRODUCTION-SOUTH CAROLINA FIRM COMPLETES TUNE-UP JOB ON QUARRY AND PLANT FACILITIES: PIT AND QUARRY, VOL. 45, NO. 7, P. 84-85,98.
NEWCOME, ROY,JR., 1949, KYANITE AT HENRY KNOB, SOUTH CAROLINA, MS THESIS, DEPT. OF GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY AND GEOGRAPHY, UNIV. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 22 P.
1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG
ESPENSHADE, 1960
Field Obs Scgs
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IN TWO LONG LENSES OF KYANITE QUARTZITE ARRANGED IN ECHELON. KYANITE QUARTZITE INTERLAYERED AND INFOLDED WITH PYRITIC WHITE MICA SCHIST. A HOLE DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT WAS STILL IN THE KYANITE QUARTZITE. AREA HAD TWO PROGRESSIVE METAMORPHISMS, ONE REGIONAL, ONE LOCALLY INTENSE, FOLLOWED BY A MINOR RETROGRESSIVE METAMORPHISM. |
| Deposit | Updated 9/98 By Ahm Scgs |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1977 | D'Agostino,John P. | U.S. Geological Survey | Field Obs |
| Updater | 01-SEP-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 |
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