Mine detail: Unnamed Clay Pits Fl - 066

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.11651, -81.43513

Resource(N)

Primary: Clay
Ore: Clay
Gangue: Schist, Sericite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Weathering Residual
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1950

Geology

Host type:Schist
Alteration processes:In Situ Weathering

References

MRDSW027629
DEP10078923
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:62,500}{Deposit:: SYMBOLS LOCATES PITS IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, GEOLOG}{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., Geol. Map At 1:62,500Keith, 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., Geol. Map At 1:62,500}{Production:: TOPO, 1971}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.