| Location: | Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.08871, -81.69983 |
| dep_id: | 10078651 |
| mrds_id: | W027108 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Thorium, REE |
| Trace mineral: | Gold, Corundum, Tin |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stream Placer |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Unknown |
| ore: | Staurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, Monazite |
| gangue: | Muscovite, Quartz, Feldspar |
| orebody_fm: | ALLUVIAL SANDS AND GRAVELS |
| work_type: | Surface |
| ore_ctrl: | Graphitic Biotite Schist Beds Strongly Pegmatized, And Associated With Granite Bodies |
| Reporter: | *gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W. |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_type: | Granite |
| yfp_ba: | < |
| Year first produced: | 1911 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1910 |
| References: |
- 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 SITE ON MAP AT 1:62,500 , P. 13
- Deposit:: PLACER 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 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.
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