Mine detail: Kings Creek Barite Southwest Area

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Location

Lat / long: 35.07261, -81.43953

Resource(B)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Barite
Gangue: Sericite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Hydrothermal
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown

Geology

Host rock:Battleground Formation
Host type:Schist
Alteration processes:Silic, Chlorite, Sericite

References

MRDSW101402
DEP10084224
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931, GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN USGS FOLIO NO. 222}{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.}
ReporterKlein, T.L., Nicholson, S.W.