Mine detail: Rocky River Mine

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Location: Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.29343, -82.59066
dep_id: 10106321
mrds_id: W044388
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Pegmatite
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Amethyst, Beryl
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite
Reporter: Maybin, Arthur H. III, Mittwede, Steven K. (Zupan, Alan-Jo, Nicholson, S.W.
Year first produced: 1921
yr_lst_prd: 1923
References:
  • Deposit:: TEAGUE, K.H., 1949, MICA DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, PP. 28-29
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • Deposit:: Teague, K.H., 1949, Mica Deposits Of Northwestern South Carolina, Unpublished Manuscript At Scgs, Field Obs Scgs
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