Austin Placer

Unknown in Cherokee 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 10079088
MRDS ID W027983
Record type Site
Current site name Austin Placer
Alternate or previous names Nott Gold Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.66093, 35.04931 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 2.8 KM SSW OF GAFFNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaffney(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

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL HEADWATER STREAM PLACER
  • Placer
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.66093, 35.04931

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNCONSOLIDATED STREAM SEDIMENTS
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Sands And Gravels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF PROFITABLE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS PLACERED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OVERLAIN BY CLAY LAYER OF TOO GREAT A THICKNESS TO BE MINED PROFITABLY IN THE 1850'S

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LENGTH OF HEADWATER STREAM 0.6 KM; STREAM VALLEY LESS THAN 50 M WIDE AT MOUTH WHERE WIDEST; SHALLOW SHAFT MAY BE ALSO PRESENT IN VALLEY

Comments on development

  • SLOAN AND ALSO MC CAULEY LOCATE THE PLACER, GL-004 , 1 KM TO SOUTH ON ANOTHER HEADWATER TRIBUTARY TO LIMESTONE CREEK; POSSIBLY BOTH HEADWATER TRIBUTARIES HAVE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS; PLACER GOLD PANNED FROM LIMESTONE CREEK MIDWAY BETWEEN THE TWO HEADWATER STREAMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIEBER, OSCAR M., 1857 , REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SECOND ANN. REPT. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: COLUMBIA, S.C., R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, TEXT 145 P., MINE TEXT 71 , 72 , GEOL. MAP AT 1:125,000

  • Deposit

    PLACER IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINE

  • Production

    LIEBER 1857

  • Deposit

    Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer Text 145 P., Mine Text P. 72 , 73 , Located On Geol, Map At 1:65,000Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer Text 145 P., Mine Text P. 72 , 73 , Located On Geol, Map At 1:65,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AURIFEROUS GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY CLAY
Deposit POSSIBLY NATIVE GOLD WEATHERING FROM GOSSAN DEPOSIT ON EAST SIDE OF LIMESTONE CREEK; GOSSAN MINED IN TWO PLACES AS THE CAMERON CU - AG - PB MINES, WITH VERY SMALL SULFIDE ORE PRODUCTION, BUT NO GOLD MENTIONED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Mine In Blacksburg Quad
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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