Mine detail: Cameron Mine

Previously called 'Morgan Or Leitner Lead Mine'

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.03151, -81.67263
dep_id: 10079087
mrds_id: W027982
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrmal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Siderite, Malachite, Cerussite, Pyromorphite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Along Fracture In Micaceous Slate
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Year first produced: 1850
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: SLOAN, 1908 , LIEBER, 1857
  • Deposit:: SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., MINE TEXT P. 94 , 95
  • Deposit:: MINE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: LIEBER, OSCAR M., 1857 , REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SECOND ANN, REPT. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: COLUMBIA, S.C., R. W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, TEXT 145 P., MINE TEXT P. 74 TO 78 , GEOL, MAP AT 1:125,000
  • Deposit:: 1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINES
  • Deposit:: 1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIES
  • Deposit:: Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 94 , 95Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 94 , 95
  • Deposit:: Mittwede, S.K., 1989, Geologic Map Of The Cameron Lead Mine Area: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report -65Mittwede, S.K., 1989, Geologic Map Of The Cameron Lead Mine Area: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report -65
  • Deposit:: Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P.,Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P.,
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