Mine detail: Piedmont Springs Barite Mine

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: York County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.09291, -81.39922
dep_id: 10105978
mrds_id: W026375
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Barite Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Barite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Barite Veins Enclosed In White Sericite Schist, Nearly Conformable To Country Rock Foliation
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_unit: Battleground Schist
hrock_type: Diabase,Granite
Year first produced: 1900
disc_yr: 1900
discr: Unknown
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.
  • Deposit:: MINE SITE IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • 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. 13 , TEXT 25 P.
  • Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS
  • Deposit:: 1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATION AND ORE CHARACTERISTICS
  • Deposit:: Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p., Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p., Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.
  • Deposit:: Van Horn,E.C., Legrand,J.R., Mcmurray,L.L.,1949, Geology And Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies Of The Carolina Barite Belt: South Carolina Research, Planning And Development Board, Div.Of Geology, Bull.No.18, P.15.Van Horn,E.C., Legrand,J.R., Mcmurray,L.L.,1949, Geology And Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies Of The Carolina Barite Belt: South Carolina Research, Planning And Development Board, Div.Of Geology, Bull.No.18, P.15.
  • Production:: VAN HORN, 1949
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.