Worth Mountain Kyanite Prospect

Unknown in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Kyanite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307078
Record type	Site
Current site name	Worth Mountain Kyanite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-81.47613, 34.95561 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hickory Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(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	York

Comments on the location information

Hickory Grove 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Kyanite	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Kyanite	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-81.47613, 34.95561	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Micaceous Kyanite Quartzite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources	SCDNR	SCDNR	AG50005

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Espenshade, G. H. And Potter, D. B., 1960, Kyanite, Sillimanite, And Andalusite Deposits Of The Southeastern States: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 336.Espenshade, G. H. And Potter, D. B., 1960, Kyanite, Sillimanite, And Andalusite Deposits Of The Southeastern States: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 336.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1998	Maybin, A.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; Added County

Beyond USGS

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