Mine detail: Piedmont Kyn Belt

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Location: Spartanburg, Cherokee, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.00014, -81.99983
dep_id: 60001699
mrds_id: W007511
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: STRATABOUND
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
References:
  • Deposit:: SMITH, L. L., 1945, SILLIMANITE IN SOUTH CAROLINA ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 40, P. 298 - 304.
  • Deposit:: HUDSON, W. C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS: U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. INV. 3927.
  • Deposit:: OVERSTREET, W. C. AND GRIFFITTS, W. R., 1955, APPALACHIAN, INNER PIEDMONT BELT, IN GUIDES TO SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, R. J. RUSSELL, ED., GEOL. SOC. AMERICA.
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