Mine detail: Chimney Barite Place Northern Workings

Location:	Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.20789, -81.2801
dep_id:	10105976
mrds_id:	W026350
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Barium-Barite
Trace mineral:	Lead
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Barite, Galena
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface
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
tectonic:	Nne Trending Folds And Faults
Year first produced:	1900
disc_yr:	1900
discr:	Unknown
References:	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. 12 , TEXT 25 P. Deposit:: MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000 Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., 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 Production:: VAN HORN, E. C., 1949