Mine detail: Kings Creek Barite Southwest Area

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.07261, -81.43953
dep_id: 10084224
mrds_id: W101402
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Hydrothermal
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Barite
gangue: Sericite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration: Silic, Chlorite, Sericite
Reporter: Klein, T.L., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_unit: Battleground Formation
hrock_type: Schist
disc_yr: 1900
discr: Cherokee Chemcial Company
References:
  • 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.
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