Hull Prospect and Placer

Unknown in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Bismuth, Tellurium
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089370
MRDS ID W019115
Record type Site
Current site name Hull Prospect and Placer
Related records 10129702

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.46673, 35.02651 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 5.9 KM SSW OF KINGS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(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 York

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • East Side of Kings Mountain Range
  • Mine Site Located In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLACER GOLD NUGGETS AND GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEINS WITH CONSIDERABLE FRESH AND OXIDIZED PYRITE AND SOME MINOR OTHER SULFIDES
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.46673, 35.02651

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET AND TABULAR
    Thickness 0.7M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Younger Bessemer Granite And Remnant Roan Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Jarvis Hull
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jarvis Hull

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF STREAM NUGGET GOLD PANNED AND AURIFEROUS VEIN QUARTZ MINED AT INTERVALS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.5M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLUDES PART OF ADJACENT HEADWATER STREAM TO EAST AND HILL CREST TO SOUTH

Comments on development

  • GOLD-BEARING AREA HEAVILY PROSPECTED AND MINED SINCE 1856

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC CAULEY, CAMILLA K., AND BUTLER, J. ROBERT, 1966 , GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE DEV. BOARD, S. C., DEV. OF GEOL., BULL. NO. 32 , MINE TEXT P. 66 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE LOCATED IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE MC CAULEY, C., S. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    MC CAULEY, 1966

  • Deposit

    Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Dev. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , Mine Text P. 66 , Text 78 P.Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Dev. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , Mine Text P. 66 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE, BOTH PLACERING AND MINING BY PROPERTY OWNER; SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS FROM STRINGERS TO 0.7 M THICK
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITE SCHIST OR SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE WITH STRIKE TO NNE AND DIP VERTICALLY OR SLIGHTLY EAST; QUARTZ VEINS USUALLY CUT ACROSS SCHISTOSITY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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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