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Unnamed Manganiferous Schist 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106316
MRDS ID W044339
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganiferous Schist Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.42543, 35.13041 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 3.03 MILES 520.5 E OF GROVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(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

  • MEASURED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF US HWY 29 AND NC HWY 226
  • 3.03 Miles S20.5w of Grover:Measured From the Intersection of Us Hwy 29 and Nc Hwy 226: Grover 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WEATHERED SCHIST MINED FOR MANGANESE PRESENT (USUALLY LESS THAN 5 PERCENT) AS A COLORANT IN BRICK
  • Used As A Colorant For Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Schist Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Battleground Schist (Manganese Schist Member)
    Rock description Battleground Schist (Manganese Schist Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.42543, 35.13041
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
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 (803-489-8145)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Broad River Brick Co., Division Of Boren Clay Products
    Home office P. O. Box 550, Gaffney, Sc 29340 (803-489-8145)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.491HA
    Overall depth 16.76M
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • 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, 13 P.

  • 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, 13 P.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, 13 P.

  • 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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