Mine detail: Lawton Barite Property Southern Shaft

Previously called 'Lawson Barite Property'

Location:	Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.22289, -81.2701
dep_id:	10105975
mrds_id:	W026344
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Barium-Barite
Trace mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Barite, Galena, Sericite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
work_type:	Underground
ore_ctrl:	Inferred Shear Zone
Reporter:	*gostino, John P.
hrock_unit:	Roan Gneiss
hrock_type:	Diabase,Granite
Structure:	Battleground Schist Strikes N 45 E And Dips 30 To 60 Se, North Trending Crowders Mountain Antiform
tectonic:	Nne Trending Folds And Faults
Year first produced:	1900
disc_yr:	1900
discr:	Unknown
References:	Analytical Data:: VAN HORN, E. C., 1949 Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C., FOLIO 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 AND 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P. Deposit:: VAN HORN, E. C., LE GRAND, J. R., AND MC MURRAY, L. L., 1949 , GEOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT, RESEARCH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BULL. NO. 18 , MINE TEXT P. 10 TO 12 , TEXT 25 P. Deposit:: MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000 Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., 1931 , MINE LOCATIONS Deposit:: 1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATIONS AND ORE CHARACTERISTICS Deposit:: 1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., STRUCTURE