Mine detail: Dave Byers Manganese Shaft

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Location:	Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.10701, -81.46173
dep_id:	10086671
mrds_id:	W027634
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Manganese
Trace mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Manganiferous Quartz Veins
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Unknown
ore:	Manganese Ox-Hydrous
gangue:	Magnetite, Quartz, Spessartite
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
ore_ctrl:	Garnetiferous Manganiferous Schist Lenses At Top Of Battleground Schist Unit
Reporter:	*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type:	Schist
Year first produced:	1900
disc_yr:	1900
References:	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