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Hematite from
Kings Creek Mine, Kings Creek Mining District, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kings Creek Mine, Kings Creek Mining District, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:659367
Long-form Identifier:1:3:659367:4
GUID (UUID V4):b5fcf393-947f-4c13-b0eb-edd7c9095aed
Localities for Hematite in this Region
West Pit, Kings Creek Mine, Kings Creek Mining District, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
3.3km (2.0 miles) McCaw Iron Mine, York County, South Carolina, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) McCaw Mine, York County, South Carolina, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 072, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 066, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
9.7km (6.1 miles) Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Fl - 155, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 067, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Silver Mine Ridge Silver Mine, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 074, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Silver Mine Ridge Iron Mine, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 085, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cherokee County Kings Creek The Kings Creek, South Carolina, Barite Pits R O G E R BARNETT Simpsonville...Simpsonville, South Carolina 29687 and J E R R Y HOWE Converse College Spartanburg, South Carolina 29301 SOUTH...SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY Cherokee County, South Carolina, has a long history of mining. Perhaps the most...recovered is gold obtained from over a dozen mines in Cherokee and neighboring York and Union counties. Gold...known North Carolina and Georgia deposits. Cherokee County also contains an iron ore district. An important
Report (issue)
Geological investigations of the Kings Mountain belt and adjacent areas i_n the Carolinas edited by J...Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina...Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I. President: Richard G. Chalcraft Gulf...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan Heron...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:
Report (issue)
CI 3:57 Nc ' ~ ry NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE,...GEOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT By E. C. VAN HORN J. R. LeGRAND and...Authority, the South Carolina Research, Planning and Development Board, 'and the North Carolina State College...Minerals Research Laboratory RALEIGH 1949 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R....GEOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY ORE DRESSING STUDIES OF THE CAROLINA BARITE BELT > By E. C. VAN HORN J. R. LeGRAND
Report (issue)
Charlotte 1° X 2° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina The Conterminous United States Mineral...Charlotte 1° X 2 ° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina By J. E. Gair, Richard Goldsmith, D....Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Charlotte Region. South Carolina. I. Gair, Jacob Eugene, 1922-...the Charlotte 1 °X2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina Schematic diagram for estimating mineral-resource...Charlotte 1 o x 2° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina By J. E. Gair, Richard Goldsmith, D.
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ........................................................................... North Carolina. ........................................................ South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota.......to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
Report (volume)
Georgia have been the major sources of barite since mining began there in 1872, 1902, and 1914 respectively...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL RESOURCES production, mining and treatment of ore, as well as some descriptions...states. State references describe deposits and mining and milling techniques practiced within a particular...occurrences may be in the vicinity. In the Cartersville district, Georgia, the deposits are listed as residual...occurrence is of commercial value, as in the Central district, Missouri, symbols are combined, with the most
Report (volume)
geology of the deposits, with consideration of mining methods and exploration, and estimates ofreserves...geology of the deposits, with consideration of mining methods and exploration, and estimates of reserves..._-_-_-________ Mountain Pass district, California..-____-.-_.._______ Central district, Missouri.._________________________... Hansonburg district, New Mexico___________________ Kings Creek district, South Carolina.._______________..._______________ Del Rio district, Tennessee....____...-_.____.__.___ Middle Tennessee district __--__-__-_--_-_-_____
Report (volume)
__________ __ __ ________ _ 31 Hi to r_v o f t in mining in th e Ca ro lin a . ____ . __ . _. _. ___ _ __... _. _.. _______ . ........ . _.. _... _. __ 75 Mining developments._ .... _._ .. _.... ..... .. _._....·___ ............. _. ___ . . . . . 75 Methods of mining. ______ ___ . ______ ........ _______ __ __ __...___ . _....... _. _. _____ .... ______ 83 Colossus mine ___ ..... _o ••• _ • • • • • • • • • • • •• •••...Blackmon mine._ ... ___ •.......... _..... __ ....... .............. 92 Kings Mountain mine __ ___ .
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IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey C...Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
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the gold occurrences of the Goldville District of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Seven of the volume's papers...districts or occurrences including Georgia's Dahlonega district and Royal Vindicator deposit. Depositional types...margin, Zn-Pb resources of the central Kentucky district, and the geochemistry of America's first known...Thennobarometry of Synmetamorphic Gold Deposits, Goldville District, Northern Piedmont, Alabama (Harold H. Stowell...32 The Royal Vindicator Gold Deposit, Haralson County, Georgia: A Metamorphosed Epithermal Hot-Springs
Report (issue)
Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina by John P. D'Agostino, Jesse W. Whitlow...Charlotte 1° x 2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina for the Conterminous United States Mineral...samples were mostly wet, whereas soils, saprolite, and mine dump material were dry. The stream sediment was...at the stream site, whereas soils, saprolite, and mine dump material were placed in a field container and...samples were taken based on a grid; and from any mine, samples were selected from available dump material
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
also pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...specimen of the selenite which lies exposed on the south shore of our Lake Mead, and being the same identical...inches thick. The locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr.
Report (volume)
The Crystalline Rocks of South Carolina By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET and HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,...and Precambrian(?) age_______________________ Carolina slate belt_________________________________________...swarms_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _________ __ __ __ __ ______ Kings Mountain belt _ _ __ __ __ ____ __ _________ __...crystalline rocks in South Carolina. 2. Map showing geologic belts in South Carolina. 3. Map of the main
Report (issue)
Peters Creek quartzite __________________ _ Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ ·__________________ _ Production...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____
Report (issue)
TIN-SPODUMENE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation...TIN-SPODUMENE BELT NORTH CAROLINA By W. R. Griffitts Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of... BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF THE TIN-SPODUMENE BELT NORTH CAROLINA By W. R. Griffitts CONTENTS Page Page Abstract...Map of part of tin-spodumene belt, southwest of Kings Mountain .................... Inside back cover.............................. 7 Map of Beaverdam Creek area ..........................................
Book (volume)
the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and the scenic Badlands thrust long spurs...the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming...of the Pine Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux Indian community of the same name...and breaks in the hills along the Minnechaduza Creek and the Niobrara, as well as all tributary canyons...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte
Report (volume)
nomenclature m Alaska, Utafi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pwrto Rico, and eastern North America;...Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 CONTENTS...Stratigraphic nomenclature in the Kings Mountain belt, North Carolina and South Carolina, by J. Wright Horton, Jr... A59 Revision of the Albemarle Group, North Carolina, by Daniel J. Milton ...........................lower and medial parts of the Middle Jurassic Twin Creek Limestone. The intercalated sequence includes the
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President
Report (issue)
particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge...literature of a general nature on Die geology and mining industry of the State. The various kinds of minerals...Woodcock, formerly of the State Mining Bureau. Walter W. Bradley of the State Mining Bureau, M. Vonsen of Petaluma
Report (issue)
1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic
Report (issue)
MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
 
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