Wheat Mine

Unknown in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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 10073216
MRDS ID W019107
Record type Site
Current site name Wheat Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.44203, 35.02981 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position 4.8 KM SOUTH OF KINGS CREEK

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEINS
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Roan Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.44203, 35.02981

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; TWO PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT AND AT LEAST ONE EARLY PERIOD OF MINING

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; TWO AREAS WORKED IN DIFFERENT PERIODS; OLDER WORK AREA HAS SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PITS, 1935 DEVELOPMENT MAY HAVE ABOUT 100 M OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

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 , P. 71 , 72 , 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 , P. 71 , 72 , 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 , P. 71 , 72 , 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 ABOUT NNE AND DIP USUALLY VERTICAL OR STEEPLY EAST; QUARTZ VEINS USUALLY CUT ACROSS SCHISTOSITY; INCLUSIONS OF ROAN GNEISS IN BESSEMER GRANITE ; 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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