Mine detail: Unnamed Manganiferous Schist Pit

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.10571, -81.45173
dep_id: 10081912
mrds_id: W044347
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Schist
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
alteration: Weathering Of Bedrock
Reporter: Maybin, Arthur H. III, Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_unit: Battleground Schist (Manganese Schist Member)
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: Unpublished Data, S.C. Geological SurveyUnpublished Data, S.C. Geological Survey
  • Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs
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