Jones Mine

Unknown 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089943
MRDS ID W044407
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.34455, 34.09873 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 3.25 MILES N 32 E OF CLATWORTHY CROSSROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Abbeville(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdery(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

Comments on the location information

  • 3.25 Miles N32e of Clatworthy Crossroads, Verdery 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.34455, 34.09873

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAROLINA SLATE BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOL. SURV. BULL 2 505P

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T AND PARK, C.F. JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS P.P. NO. 213, 156P

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, C.K., AND BULTER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SC GEOL SURV. B 32 78P.

  • 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 LYONS PROSPECT NEARBY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 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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