Wallace Mine

Past Producer in York 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  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 10081906
MRDS ID W044335
Record type Site
Current site name Wallace Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.19642, 35.02591 (WGS84)
Elevation 224
Relative position 3.1 MILES N 52 E OF YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina York

Comments on the location information

  • 3.1 Miles N52e of York, Clover 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PYRITE RICH QUARTZ $28.93/TON
Result WHITE QUARTZ $1.78/TON
Result ASSAY 0.09 OPT AU TO 1.4 OPT AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.19642, 35.02591

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.4HA
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS, 8 OR MORE SHAFTS IN 0.4 HA AREA; PITS AND TRENCHES ALONG STRIKE FOR MORE THAN 1 KM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SLOAN

  • Deposit

    SLOAN E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA; S.C. GEOL. SURV. B 2

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, C.K., AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, S.C.G.S. B 32

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA; SCGS B. 33

  • 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

    Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32

  • Deposit

    Butler, J.R., 1966, Geology And Mineral Resources Of York County: South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 33, 65 Pp.Butler, J.R., 1966, Geology And Mineral Resources Of York County: South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 33, 65 Pp.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO OR MORE VEINS FOR DISTANCE OF 1000 M.
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-OCT-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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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