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Welchels Deposit

Past Producer 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. 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 10079089
MRDS ID W027984
Record type Site
Current site name Welchels Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.59703, 35.04181 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 0.9 KM SSW OF DRAYTONVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg South(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

  • SOUTHWESTERN PART OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • Southwestern Part of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY SMALL LOW-GRADE RESIDUAL GOLD CONCENTRATION
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result LESS THAN $1.00 PER DAY NATIVE GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE PRODUCED BY TWO MEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.59703, 35.04181
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

  • VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF NATIVE GOLD PRODUCED; LESS THAN ONE OUNCE EVERY 20 WORKING DAYS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY VERY TRIFLING AMOUNT OF NATIVE GOLD REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • HAND-DUG PIT IN SAPROLITE

Comments on development

  • NUMEROUS SIMILAR DEPOSITS EXIST IN THE REGION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 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 1:65,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINE

  • Production

    LIEBER, 1857

  • 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, 13p.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, 13p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN SITU WEATHERING OF BEDROCK

Reporter information

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