Mine detail: Dave Byers Manganese Shaft

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Location

Lat / long: 35.10701, -81.46173

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Manganese Ox-Hydrous
Gangue: Magnetite, Quartz, Spessartite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Manganiferous Quartz Veins
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host type:Schist

References

MRDSW027634
DEP10086671
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931}{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., MINE TEXT P. 12 , 13 , TEXT 13 P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G. H., 1942 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. MANGANESE OCCURRENCES: USGS MINERAL DEPOSITS OFFICE FILE REPORT, MINE TEXT P. 4 , TEXT 5 P.}{Deposit:: SYMBOLS LOCATE PITS IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION}{Deposit:: 1942 RECON ESPENSHADE, G. H., MN OCCURRENCES}{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. Mine Text P. 12 , 13 , Symbol Locates Prospect On Map At 1:62,500 ,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. Mine Text P. 12 , 13 , Symbol Locates Prospect On Map At 1:62,500 ,}{Production:: ESPENSHADE, 1942}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.