Mine detail: Ford Biotite Granite Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.16121, -81.24232

Resource(N)

Primary:	Stone
Ore:	Granite
Gangue:	Mica, Epidote, Chlorite, Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Zircon, Apatite
Orebody form:	MASSIVE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Granite Pluton
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Unknown
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host type:

Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDS	W027993
DEP	10079096
Reference	{Deposit:: SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., LOCATION MAP 1:1,000,000}{Deposit:: QUARRY IN GASTONIA SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIE}{Deposit:: Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Location Map 1:1,000,000Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Location Map 1:1,000,000}{Production:: SLOAN, 1908}
Reporter	Nicholson, S.W., *gostino, John P.