Mcgill Mine

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073208
MRDS ID W019095
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgill Mine
Alternate or previous names Bar Kat Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.45923, 35.04511 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 3.8 KM SSW OF KINGS CREEK; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(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 Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN WITH PYRITE AND SOME CHALCOPYRITE
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SLOAN REPORTS MEAN OF 31 ASSAYS WAS $31.80 PER TON GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE, WITH MINIMUM QUARTZ ASSAY $0.25 PER TON, MAXIMUM BROWN ORE $148.82 PER TON, AND SULFIDE CONCENTRATES $64.00 PER TON
Result GRAFTON REPORTS ORE AVERAGE OF $25.00 PER TON AT $20.67 PER OUNCE
Result ASSAY 0.6 OPT AU MILL RUN
Result ASSAY 0.5 OPT AG.

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) -81.45923, 35.04511

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.7M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Younger Bessemer Granite And Remnant Roan Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SMALL AMOUNTS OF RICH GOLD ORES PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD ORES REMAIN IN MINE AREA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27M

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; IN 1895 ERA, TWO SHAFTS OF 24 M AND 27 M DEPTH; IN 1930 ERA, SEVERAL GROUPS OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS

Comments on development

  • GOLD PROSPECTED AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY IN AREA SINCE 1856

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. 69 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    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. 70 , 71 , 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. 70 , 71 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE OR SERICITE SCHIST WITH STRIKE TO NORTHEAST AND DIP VERTICALLY OR SLIGHTLY EAST; QUARTZ VEINS USUALLY CUT ACROSS 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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