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Silver Mine Ridge Iron Mine

Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBEDDED
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
GangueTuff, Schist
Geology
Host rockSchist
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
First production1850
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10089590
MRDS IDW027546
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.08011, -81.54403
References
KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN S.C. - N.C. FOLIO NO. 222 : USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., TEXT 13 P., MINE TEXT P. 9 .MINE IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001931 GEOMAP KEITH, 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., Mine Text P. 9 .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., Mine Text P. 9 .KEITH, 1931