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Sherard Mine

Past Producer in Anderson county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080753
MRDS ID W032105
Record type Site
Current site name Sherard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.75547, 34.28203 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Relative position 6.4 MILES S34.5 E OF HARTWELL DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anderson(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hartwell Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Anderson

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS BEGIN IN SEC. 16 AND RUN NORTH UP DOUGLAS CREEK FOR 5 MI. INCLUDES MOORE'S GULCH, ELK CREEK, BEAR CREEK, AND DAVES CREEK. BEAR CREEK DRAINS NEW RAMBLER MINE AREA AND, HENCE, IS PROBABLY MOST FAVORABLE FOR PGE. AREA IS NOW LARGELY FLOODED BY ROB ROY RESERVOIR AND LIES IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
  • MEASURED FROM INTERSECTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA-GEORGIA STATE BOUNDARY AND HARTWELL DAM
  • 6.4 Miles S34e of Haetwell Dam Measured From Intersection of South Carolina-Georgia State Boundary and Hartwell Dam, Hartwell Dam 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE AND JAGGED; FLOUR GOLD AND NUGGETS ALSO FOUND. BLACK SANDS SAID TO CONTAIN $5-6/TON PT, VISUAL IDENTIFICATION PRESUMED
  • MUSCOVITE IS LIGHT BROWN TO GREENISH BROWN AND IS LOCALLY SPECKED. IT HAS GOOD CLEAVAGE, BUT MOST BOOKS ARE BADLY CLAY-STAINED AND BROKEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 39
USGS model code 13f
Deposit model name Mica pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.75547, 34.28203
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip W
    Thickness 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite- Hartwell District

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: HORNBLENDE GNEISS WITH STREAKS AND LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST.
  • Inner Piedmont

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hartwell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vandiver Sherard

Comments on the production information

  • SEE INDIVIDUAL PLACER RECORDS FOR MORE PRODUCTION DATA

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ESTIMATED 3.4 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL AT 0.026 OZ/YD REMAINED BUT IS NOW INACCESSIBLE BENEATH WATERS OF RESERVOIR

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST OPENING WAS A 30-FT SHAFT FROM WHICH DRIFTS WERE EXTENDED. LATER A 25-FT SHAFT WAS SUNK ABOUT 100 FT N20E OF THE FIRST SHAFT AND DRIFTS WERE EXTENDED TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. NEXT AN ADIT WAS DRIVEN 140 FT FROM A POINT LOWER ON THE HILLSIDE TO THE EAST, AND THE MINE WAS WORKED THROUGH IT. ABOUT 70 FT FROM ITS PORTAL THE ADIT INTERSECTED ANOTHER DIKE, ALONG WHICH DRIFTS WERE EXTENDED. AFTER THESE WORKINGS COLLAPSED, A NEW SHAFT WAS SUNK WEST OF THE DEPOSIT TO A DEPTH OF 35 FT, AND THE PEGMATITE WAS REACHED BY MEANS OF A CROSSCUT.
  • Abandoned

Comments on development

  • WORK CARRIED ON INTERMITTENTLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STERRETT, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 740, P72-288.

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITTS, W.R., AND OLSON, J.C., 1953, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PP 248-E, P293-324

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 4, BULL. NO.2, P.144.

  • Deposit

    Sterrett, D.B., 1923, Mica Deposits Of The United States U.S. Geological Survey, Bull. 740, P72-288.Sterrett, D.B., 1923, Mica Deposits Of The United States U.S. Geological Survey, Bull. 740, P72-288.

  • Deposit

    Griffitts, W.R., And Olson, J.C., 1953, Mica Deposits Of The Southeastern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 248e, P293-324Griffitts, W.R., And Olson, J.C., 1953, Mica Deposits Of The Southeastern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 248e, P293-324

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M045435, M045436, M045437, AND M045438.
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm. Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Mittwede, Steven) 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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