Mine detail: Ben Martin Mine

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Location: Anderson County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.29043, -82.77067
dep_id: 10100249
mrds_id: W032106
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Pegmatite
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
model: 39: Mica pegmatites
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite- Hartwell District
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III, Maybin, Arthur H. III (Mittwede, Steven)
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
yr_lst_prd: 1944
References:
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITTS, W.R. AND OLSON, J.C., 1953 MICA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PP 248-E, P295, 30
  • Deposit:: Griffitts, W.R., And Olson, J.C., 1953, Mica Deposits Of The Southeastern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 248e, P.319Griffitts, W.R., And Olson, J.C., 1953, Mica Deposits Of The Southeastern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 248e, P.319
  • Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs
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