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Saluda Mine

Past Producer in Abbeville county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089802
MRDS ID W031817
Record type Site
Current site name Saluda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.33455, 34.39543 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.4 MILES N28E OF DONALDS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Abbeville(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ware Shoals West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Abbeville

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF US 178 AND SC 184 SOUTH
  • 1.4 Miles N28w of Donalds, Ware Shoals West 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT CONTAINS PYRRHOTITE AND PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.33455, 34.39543
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennesse Copper Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Riley Stone

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST THREE PARTIALLY COLLAPSED SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • AT LEAST THREE SHAFTS PARTIALLY CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Some Skeletonized Core Stored At Scgs Subsurface Core Repository
Deposit Updated 4/99, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1999 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) 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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