Mine detail: Wells Barite Property

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Location

Lat / long: 35.16678, -81.33315

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host type:Schist
Associated rock:Bessemer Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Nne Trending Folds And Faults

References

MRDSW026357
DEP10078178
Reference{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}
Reporter*gostino, John P.