Mcbee Placer

Past Producer in Greenville 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079906
MRDS ID W030668
Record type Site
Current site name Mcbee Placer
Alternate or previous names Carson's Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.05484, 35.04011 (WGS84)
Elevation 261
Relative position 6.9 MILES N03E ON GREER OF SMALL CREEK (ELROD'S BRANCH (TUOMEY, 1844))

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spartanburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(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 Greenville

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION MEASURED FROM INTERSECTION OF S.C. HIGHWAYS 14 AND 290 IN GREER; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = KNOXVILLE 1:250000
  • 6.9 Miles N03e Greer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.05484, 35.04011

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1844

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $60,000 WORTH OF GOLD PRODUCED OVER AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF YEARS PRIOR TO 1859

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 15.54HA
    Length 1609.3M
    Overall depth 2.44M
    Overall length 1609.3M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on development

  • MCBEE PREPARING TO RECOMMENCE MINING AT TIME LIEBER (1859) VISITED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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)

  • Deposit

    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)

  • Deposit

    LIEBER, O.M., 1859, REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING THE THIRD ANNUAL REPORT: R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, COLUMBIA, S.C., 223 P.

  • Deposit

    TUOMEY, M., 1848, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: A.S. JOHNSTON, COLUMBIA, S.C., 293 P. APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    5) TUOMEY, M., 1844, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGICAL AND AGRIC ULTURAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA: A.S. JOHNSTON, COLUMBIA, S.C., 63 P.

  • Deposit

    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)

  • Deposit

    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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEBBLE, CLAY AND GRAVEL OVERBURDEN VARIES FROM 6 TO 8 FEET IN THICKNESS. AURIFEROUS GRAVEL VARIES FROM 0.75 TO 3 FEET IN THICKNESS.
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-NOV-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

Beyond USGS

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