Mine detail: Wells Barite Property

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Location: Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.16678, -81.33315
dep_id: 10078178
mrds_id: W026357
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite
gangue: Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Schist
arock_unit: Bessemer Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Nne Trending Folds And Faults
Year first produced: 1900
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., TEXT 13 P., SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500
  • 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 , MINE TEXT P. 12 , 13 , TEXT 25 P.
  • Deposit:: MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1931 KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS
  • Deposit:: 1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATIONS AND ORE CHARACTERISTICS
  • Production:: VAN HORN, 1949
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