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Dixon Mine

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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  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 10073211
MRDS ID W019099
Record type Site
Current site name Dixon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.41092, 35.06651 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 2.5 KM ESE OF KINGS CREEK; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(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 Cherokee

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN
  • Native Gold In Vein Quartz

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -81.41092, 35.06651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 42 E
    Dip 65 NW
    Thickness 1.5M
    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 1938
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING ; PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED; ORE SENT TO CAPPS MILL GOLD MINE NEAR CHARLOTTE, N. C. FOR PROCESSING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 42M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARTZ VEIN 1.2 M TO 1.5 M THICK, LENGTH OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS UNKNOWN; SHAFT FILLED TO 10 M FROM SURFACE ; A SHALLOWER SHAFT LOCATED ABOUT 100 M TO EAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 34 , 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. 35 , 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. 35 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit FRESH DUMP ROCK IS CHLORITE PHYLLITE AND SCHISTOSE AMPHIBOLITE ; 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

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