Mine detail: All Healing Springs Northern Barite Prospect

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Location: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.2415, -81.27093
dep_id: 10078164
mrds_id: W026340
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
gangue: Chlorite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Inferred Shear Zone
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_unit: Roan Gneiss
hrock_type: Schist
arock_unit: Bessemer Granite
arock_type: Diabase,Granite
Structure: Battleground Schist Strikes N 45 E And Dips 30 To 60 Se, North Trending Crowders Mountain Anti Form
tectonic: Nne Trending Folds And Faults
disc_yr: 1900
discr: Unknown
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., PROSPECT TEXT P. 10 , PROSPECT SYMBOL ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.
  • Deposit:: VAN HORN, E. C. LE GRAND, J. R., AND MC MURRAY, L.L., 1949 , GEOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT, RESEARCH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BULL. NO. 18 , PROSPECT TEXT P. 10 , TEXT 25 P.
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., 1931 , MINE LOCATIONS
  • Deposit:: 1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATIONS AND ORE CHARACTERISTICS
  • Deposit:: 1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., STRUCTURE
  • Production:: VAN HORN, 1949
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