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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073217
MRDS ID W019109
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.46593, 35.00821 (WGS84)
Elevation 187
Relative position 7.9 KM SSW 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 WITH PYRITE
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
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) -81.46593, 35.00821

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    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 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD ORE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY TWO SHAFTS, WITH SECOND 100 M TO SOUTH; WORKINGS NEAR GOLD TREND THAT EXTEND NORTHWARD 3.7 KM TO CARROLL - ROSS GOLD MINE

Comments on development

  • NEAR GOLD - TRENDING ZONE THATS BEEN PROSPECTED AND MINED SINCE 1856

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931, GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., MINE TEXT P. 8 , MINE LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500, TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Mine Text P. 8 , Mine Located On Map At 1 : 62,500, Text 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Mine Text P. 8 , Mine Located On Map At 1 : 62,500, Text 13 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; IN AREA THERE ARE USUALLY TWO QUARTZ VEINS ABOUT 22.5 M APART, DIPPING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS; VEIN THICKNESS RANGES FROM STRINGERS TO 1.2 M
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITE SCHIST OR SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE 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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