Quartzose Mica Schist - Gold Ore
Contact The Charleston Museum for image use and credit instructions.
Description:
A sample of a quartzose mica schist: gold ore that is a gray, very fine-grained schist that is bearing minute pyrite crystals. It was collected from the Brassington Mine, Lynches River Creek Branch, 3.6 miles northeast of Kershaw, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Lancaster Co.
- Site Number: NH42
- Dimensions: H-1.2 W-19.7 D-10.6 cm
- Rock type: Metamorphic
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Metamorphic Rock
- Object Id: GR386
- Search Terms