Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeManganiferous Quartz Veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlGarnetiferous Manganese Schist Lenses At Top Of Battleground Schist Unit
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite, Manganese Ox-Hydrous, Wad
GangueMagnetite, Quartz, Spessartite
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10078919
MRDS IDW027625
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.14371, -81.40452
References
SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., MINE TEXT P. 12 , 13 , MINE LOCATED ON MAP AT 1:62,500 , TEXT 13 P.MINE SITE LOCATED IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONKeith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.,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, 13 P.,Espenshade, G. H., 1942 , Gaffney-Kings Mountain S.C. - N.C. Manganese Occurrences: USGS Mineral Deposits Office File Report, Mine Text P. 2 , Text 5 P.Espenshade, G. H., 1942 , Gaffney-Kings Mountain S.C. - N.C. Manganese Occurrences: USGS Mineral Deposits Office File Report, Mine Text P. 2 , Text 5 P.