Mine detail: Kings Creek Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 35.07791, -81.43733

Resource(B)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Ore: Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Barite
Gangue: Chloritoid, Sericite, Quartz
Orebody form: STRATAFORM DISCORDANT
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Exhalative
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900
Last production ended: 1966

Geology

Host rock:Battleground Formation
Host type:Schist
Alteration processes:Silica, Sericite

References

MRDSW026382
DEP10078196
Reference{Analytical Data:: HORTON, J. WRIGHT, 1989, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1462.}{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.}{Deposit:: MINE SITE IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000; HORTON, J.W.,JR., 1989, BARITE IN QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST AND SCHISTOSE PYROCLASTIC ROCKS OF THE BATTLEGROUND FORMATION, KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER1462, P.115-118.}{Deposit:: SHARP, W.E., 1981, THE BARITE DEPOSIT AT KINGS CREEK, SOUTH CAROLINA: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN THE CAROLINAS, CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDBOOK 1981, SOUTH CAROLINZ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, P. 120-141.}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION}{Deposit:: Keith, Arthur, 1931 , Gaffney - Kings Mountain S. C. - N. C. Folio No. 222 , USGS Geol. Atlas Of The U. S., Mine Text P. 9 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith, Arthur, 1931 , Gaffney - Kings Mountain S. C. - N. C. Folio No. 222 , USGS Geol. Atlas Of The U. S., Mine Text P. 9 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.}{Deposit:: Horton, J.W., Jr., 1989, Barite In Quartz-Sericite Schist And Schistose Pyroclastic Rock Of The Battleground Formation, Kings Mountain Belt: USGS Professional Paper 1462, P. 115-118.Horton, J.W., Jr., 1989, Barite In Quartz-Sericite Schist And Schistose Pyroclastic Rock Of The Battleground Formation, Kings Mountain Belt: USGS Professional Paper 1462, P. 115-118.}{Deposit:: Abandoned}{Production:: WILSON, 1958; DEYOUNG, J.H., 1989, USGS, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}{Reserve-Resource:: FROM HORTON, 1989}
ReporterNicholson, S.W., *gostino, John P., Maybin, Arthur H. III