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Jennings Mine

Unknown in McCormick county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079924
MRDS ID W030693
Record type Site
Current site name Jennings Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.29925, 33.87934 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Relative position 2.28 MILES S6W OF MCCORMICK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina McCormick

Comments on the location information

  • MEASURED FROM INTERSECTION OF US HWYS 378 AND 221
  • Measured From Intersection of Us Hwys 378 and 221, Mccormick 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Sericitization

Analytical data

Result ORE IS HIGHLY PYRITIFEROUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Lincolnton Metadacite
    Rock description Lincolnton Metadacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 562
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Felsic Pyroclastic Sequence Correlative To The Persimmon Fork Formation
    Rock description Felsic Pyroclastic Sequence Correlative To The Persimmon Fork Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.29925, 33.87934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N32E
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF PITS AND SHAFTS EXTEND FOR 0.25 MILE ALONG STRIKE. SOME PITS ACTIVE AND SOME ABANDONED WHEN LIEBER (1860) VISITED.
  • PROBABLY ON PROPERTY DEVELOPED AS BARITE HILL

Comments on development

  • ABOUT $6,000 WORTH OF GOLD PRODUCED (LIEBER, 1860)

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., 1860, REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEING THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT: R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, COLUMBIA, S.C., 147 P.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, R.H., ODOM, A.L., AND HARTLEY, M.E., III, 1978, GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SLATE BELT (ABST.): GEOL. SOC. AM., ABSTR. PROGRAMS, VOL. 10, NO. 4, P. 164

  • 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 LIEBER (1860): TOO MANY VEIN "LEADS" WITH GOLD BEING TOO DIFFUSED IN THE MATRIX TO MAKE A VALUABLE DEPOSIT.
Deposit Updated 12/98 By Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-DEC-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina 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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