Mine detail: Burgess Mine

Previously called 'Hunter Mine'

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Location: Anderson County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.65512, -82.64046
dep_id: 10080752
mrds_id: W032104
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Mica Pegmatite
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Biotite, Feldspar, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 39: Mica pegmatites
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite- Hartwell District
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III, Maybin, Arthur H. III (Mittwede, Steven)
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
yr_lst_prd: 1944
disc_yr: 1889
discr: Bill Swayingim
References:
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITTS, W.R. AND OLSON, J.C., 1953, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT: USGS PP 248 E P295 AND 32
  • Deposit:: Griffitts, W.R., And Olson, J.C., 1953, Mica Deposits Of The Southeastern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 248e, P295 And 323Griffitts, W.R., And Olson, J.C., 1953, Mica Deposits Of The Southeastern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 248e, P295 And 323
  • Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs
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