Mine detail: Frank Earl Barite Mine

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.06821, -81.50673
dep_id: 10105980
mrds_id: W026385
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Discordant
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite
gangue: Sericite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Barite Veins Enclosed In White Sericite Schist
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type: Schist
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. 17 , TEXT 25 P.
  • Deposit:: MINE SITE IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1949 OTHER VAN HORN, S. C. STATE, MINE INVESTIGATION AND ORE CHARACTERISTIC
  • 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
  • Production:: VAN HORN, 1949
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