Allison Prospect

Unknown in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073201
MRDS ID W019086
Record type Site
Current site name Allison Prospect
Related records 10299056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.29402, 35.11451 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 1.2 KM SSE OF BETHANY; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT, END OF TRAIL SELECTED FOR MINE SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Filbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina York

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • East Side of Kings Mountain Range
  • Mine Site Located In Filbert Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ VEIN WITH GOLD - BEARING CHALCOPYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SLOAN REPORTS CHALCOPYRITE - BEARING QUARTZ SAMPLE ASSAYED $10.33 PER TON GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.29402, 35.11451

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE INTRUDES GNEISS
  • GRANITE INTRUDES GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROSPECT ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MC CAULEY, 1966

  • Deposit

    MC CAULEY, CAMILLA K., AND BUTLER, J. ROBERT, 1966 , GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE DEV. BOARD, S. C., DIV. OF GEOL., BULL. NO. 32 , MINE TEXT P. 59 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE LOCATED IN FILBERT TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE MC CAULEY, C., S. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Deposit

    Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Div. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , Mine Text P. 59 , Text 78 P.Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Div. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , Mine Text P. 59 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS THE COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITE SCHIST OR SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE WITH STRIKE TO NORTHEAST AND DIP VERTICALLY OR AT A HIGH ANGLE TO THE EAST; QUARTZ VEINS ARE DISCORDANT TO SCHISTOSITY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

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