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Martin Mine

Unknown in York 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 10073221
MRDS ID W019116
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Mine
Related records 10226476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.41372, 35.02931 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 5.3 KM SSE 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 In Kings Mountain 7.5 Quad
  • Placer and Mine Site Located In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGEST PLACER GOLD NUGGETS FOUND IN SOUTH CAROLINA; IN 1836 OR 1838 A 17 OZ. AND 9.5 OZ. NUGGETS FOUND, ALSO QUARTZ WITH 10.5 OZ. AND 200 OZ. OF GOLD FOUND; IN 1890 SHEEPSHEAD NUGGET FOUND WEIGHING 27 LB.
  • Native Gold Nuggets

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) -81.41372, 35.02931
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ALLUVIAL MATERIAL AND LINEAR
    Thickness 1M
    Length 3500M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Drains Bedrock Area Of Phyllitic Roan Gneiss

Comments on the geologic information

  • KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1836
Discoverer Daniel Smith And Dawkins
Year of first production 1836

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED; 1.6 HECTARE (4 ACRES) LODE AREA HAD ABOUT 15,000 CUBIC METER OF PLACER MATERIAL; OF THE HEADWATER STREAMS OF GUYONMOORE CREEK WERE PLACERED FOR A TOTAL LENGTH OF 3.5 KM, WIDTH OF 20 M AVERAGE, AND DEPTH OF ONE METER AVERAGE, AND ADDITIONAL 70,000 CUBIC METERS WERE ALSO WORKED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE GOLD - BEARING PLACER MATERIAL AND BEDROCK STILL REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 160HA
    Overall depth 1M
    Overall length 3500M
    Overall width 20000M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEIBER REPORTS FOUR ACRES OF ALLUVIAL MATERIAL PLACERED STARTING IN 1836 OR 1838 ; IN 1890 PLACERING USED WATER FROM WOLF CREEK ABOUT 1.6 KM TO NORTH, ABOUT 1915 , AT LEAST TWO SHAFTS, NOW CAVED, AND SEVERAL TUNNELS, TWO OPEN IN 1963

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT YIELDED LARGEST OUTPUT OF GOLD FROM THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT IN SOUTH CAROLINA; THIS AREA INTERMITTENTLY MINED FOR GOLD SINCE 1856

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. 68 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

    PLACER AND 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. 68 , 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. 68 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NARROW HEADWATER TRIBUTARIES OF GUY ON MOORE CREEK WERE PLACERED FOR GOLD NUGGETS; ALSO, QUARTZ VEINS IN BEDROCK WERE MINED; QUARTZ FLOAT 0.5 M THICK
Deposit PLACER BED OF GRAVEL AND CLAY ABOUT ONE METER THICK OVERLYING WEATHERED BEDROCK WITH GOLD BEARING QUARTZ STRINGERS ; 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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