Calais and Douglas Mine

Past Producer in Abbeville 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084440
MRDS ID W101773
Record type Site
Current site name Calais and Douglas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.43876, 34.06683 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Abbeville(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calhoun Creek(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)

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 Abbeville

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY MILL RUN 0.39 OPT AU
Result OTHER ASSAYS FROM 0.39 TO 2.9 OPT AU.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.43876, 34.06683

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY AND BUTLER, 1966, SC GS BULL. 32

  • Deposit

    Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin No. 32Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin No. 32

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.