Mine detail: Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Gl - 092

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.14621, -81.66513
dep_id: 10078872
mrds_id: W027565
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Weathering Residual
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Unknown
ore: Hematite, Limonite
gangue: Kyanite, Garnet
orebody_fm: BLANKET
ore_ctrl: Ore Fills Fractures In Bedrock; In Places Ore Possibly Resulted From Sulfides In Gneiss
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Gneiss
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 22 : USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., MINE TEXT P. 9 .
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT IN BOILING SPRINGS SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATION
  • Deposit:: Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P., Mine Text P. 9Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P., Mine Text P. 9
  • Production:: KEITH, 1931
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