| Deposit ID | 10079903 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030662 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Self Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.29265, 33.87794 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 137 |
| Relative position | 2.32 MILES S4E OF INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 378 AND 221 IN MCCORMICK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McCormick(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McCormick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clark Hill Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Savannah(hydrologic unit)
Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)
Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | McCormick |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Lincolnton Metadacite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Lincolnton Metadacite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Rock unit name | Felsic Pyroclastic Sequence Correlatable To Persimmon Fork Formation |
| Rock description | Felsic Pyroclastic Sequence Correlatable To Persimmon Fork Formation |
| (1) | -82.29265, 33.87794 |
|---|
| Strike | N65E AND N52E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 |
| Thickness | 1.37M |
| Dip | 90 |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.59M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1860 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030662 |
MCCAULEY, C.K., AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 32, 78 P. (REPRINTED 1980, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)
SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 2, 505 P. (REPRINTED 1958, S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOL., AND 1979, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)
LIEBER, O.M., 1860, REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEING THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT: R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, COLUMBIA, S.C., 147 P.
Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)
Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Updated 9/98 By Ahm, Scgs |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updater | 01-SEP-1998 | Maybin, Arthur H. III | South Carolina Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon | South Carolina Geological Survey | Field Obs |
| 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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