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Cox Prospect

Past Producer in Oconee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093811
MRDS ID W030667
Record type Site
Current site name Cox Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.30208, 34.72872 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES NORTH OF PULASKI; 10 MILES N40W OF FORT MADISON, 1.0 Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oconee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tugaloo Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toccoa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tugaloo(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 Oconee

Comments on the location information

  • FORT MADISON (SLOAN, 1908) IS NOW OLD MADISON; PULASKI, GA (SLOAN, 1908) IS NOW UNDER YONAH LAKE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DAM. UNABLE TO LOCATE IN FIELD.
  • Fort Madison (Sloan, 1908) Is Now Old Madison; Pulaski, Ga (Sloan, 1908) Is Now Under Yonah Lake Immediately To the North Side of the Dam. Unable To Locate In Field.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ VEIN LOW IN GOLD VALUE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.30208, 34.72872
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

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, C.K., AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 32, 78 P. (REPRINTED 1980, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 2, 505 P. (REPRINTED 1958, S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOL., AND 1979, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

  • Deposit

    Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon South Carolina Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-02 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

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