Mine detail: Gaffney Lime Company

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.05401, -81.64903

Resource(N)

Primary: Marble, Dimension
Ore: Marble
Gangue: Graphite, Phlogopite, Pyrite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1913

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Large
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1914

Geology

Host type:Marble

References

MRDSW026515
DEP10078267
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931}{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES QUARRY ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.}{Deposit:: QUARRY LOCATED IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION}{Deposit:: Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p.., Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Pit On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p.., Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Pit On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.