Mine detail: Thicketty Creek Limestone Occurrence

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Location:	Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.01791, -81.72013
dep_id:	10079085
mrds_id:	W027980
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Marble, Dimension
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Unknown
ore:	Marble
orebody_fm:	BEDDED
Reporter:	*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type:	Gneiss
References:	Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: SLOAN, 1908 Deposit:: SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., MINE TEXT P. 234 , 259 Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., SYMBOL LOCATES LIMESTONE OCCURRENCE ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:62,500 Deposit:: OCCURRENCE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: 1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIES Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION Deposit:: Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 234 , 259Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 234 , 259 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.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.