Goudelock Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10079092
MRDS ID W027988
Record type Site
Current site name Goudelock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.62403, 35.03761 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 3.1 KM WSW OF DRAYTONVILLE; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

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 LOW-GRADE GOLD-PYRITE BEARING QUARTZ VEINS
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.62403, 35.03761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 67 E
    Dip 23 NW; VERTICAL
    Thickness 3M
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 67 E
    Dip 23 NW; VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED TO NO GREAT EXTENT

Comments on development

  • SIMILAR SUCKY LOCKART GOLD MINE, GL-108 , 0.7 KM TO NW AND BILLY LOCKART, GL-005 , GOLD MINE 1.4 KM TO WSW

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 P. 70 , 71 , 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

  • 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. 84 , 85 , Mine Located On Geol. Map At 1:12Lieber, 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. 84 , 85 , Mine Located On Geol. Map At 1:12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE QUARTZ VEINS, EAST VEIN 0.6 M THICK, WEST VEIN 3 M THICK AT SURFACE, 1.2 M THICK AT 6 M DEPTH, 2.1 M THICK AT 12 M DEPTH
Deposit MINE NEAR CONTACT OF GRANITE AND PREC CAROLINA GNEISS UNIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

Beyond USGS

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