Mine detail: Perry Tin Prospect

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.07981, -81.66043
dep_id: 10078612
mrds_id: W027027
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer And Pegmatite Dikes
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Cassiterite
orebody_fm: STREAM AREA AND LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Pegmatites In Gneiss Flanked By Stringers Of Granite
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_unit: Carolina Gneiss
hrock_type: Pegmatite
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: SLOAN, EARLE, 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 2, SERIES IV, P. 85
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1908 COMPILE SLOAN, S. C. STATE, MINE SITE
  • 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 Site 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 Site On Map At 1:62,500 , Text 13 P.
  • Production:: SLOAN, 1908
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