Mine detail: Unnamed Barite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.07151, -81.43403

Resource(B)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Sericite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEINS AND LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic Stratiform
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1931
Last production ended: 1966

Geology

Host rock:Battleground Schist
Host type:Schist

References

MRDSW026384
DEP10105979
Reference{Deposit:: VAN HORN, E.C.: LEGRAND, J.R.: MCMURRAY, L.L., 1949, GEOLOGY NAND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT: RESEARCH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOL., BULL. NO.18, P.15}{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, 13P.}{Deposit:: MCCAULEY, C.K., 1962, BARIUM RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, BULL. NO. 27, 22P.}{Deposit:: WILSON, L.G., 1958, BARITE AT KINGS CREEK: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, MINERAL INDUSTRIES LABORATORY MONTHLY BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO.6, P.40-45.}{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. 17 , TextVan 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. 17 , Text}{Deposit:: Abandoned}
ReporterNicholson, S.W.