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Rocky River Mine

Unknown in Abbeville 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106321
MRDS ID W044388
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky River Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.59066, 34.29343 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position 2.85 MILES S 75.5 W OF 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

  • WHEN SECESSION LAKE WAS CREATED PART OF THE MINE WAS FLOODED
  • 2.85 Miles S75w of Antreville: Antreville 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE MICA IS LIGHT RUBY IN COLOR. SOME MICA DISPLAYS "A" STRUCTURE, BUT THE MAJORITY IS FLAT ALTHOUGH SOME IS BENT AND CRACKED THE MICA IS HARD, SPLITS WELL AND IS FREE OF SPOTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Beryl Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.59066, 34.29343
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: MICA SCHIST
  • INNER PIEDMONT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1923

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. S. Burleson (Spruce Pine, N. C.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. And Mrs.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF PITS, SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS WERE EXCAVATED FOR ABOUT 600 FT IN A N 25 E DIRECTION, BUT ALL OPENINGS ARE NOW BADLY CAVED. BULK OF PREVIOUS MINING AT THE DIKE'S SOUTHWEST END WHICH IS ADJACENT TO AND FLOODED BY LAKE SECESSION.
  • SERIES OF PITS, SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS WERE EX

Comments on development

  • REPORTEDLY A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOCK MICA WAS MINED. THE 1923 DATE FOR LAST PRODUCTION IS FROM TEAGUE. ACCORDING TO MR. AND MRS. THE MINE WAS OPERATED UNTIL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEAGUE, K.H., 1949, MICA DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, PP. 28-29

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Teague, K.H., 1949, Mica Deposits Of Northwestern South Carolina, Unpublished Manuscript At Scgs, Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GREEN BERYL AND AMETHYST PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Updated 10/98 By 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

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