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Love Springs Mine

Unknown in Cherokee 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093862
MRDS ID W044411
Record type Site
Current site name Love Springs Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Palmer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.76654, 35.04951 (WGS84)
Elevation 234
Relative position 0.6 MILE N 63.5 E OF INTERSECTION OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ROADS 42 AND 131

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cowpens(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 Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • ON W(SW) SIDE OF ROCKY FORD CREEK, 300-400 FT NORTH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ROAD 42. ABOUT 80-100 FT SOUTHWEST OF THE STREAM, ALONG BERM OF FLOOD PLAIN
  • On W(Sw) Side of Rocky Ford Creek, 300-400 Ft North of Cherokee County Road 42. About 80-100 Ft Southwest of the Stream, Along Berm of Flood Plain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.76654, 35.04951
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL FILL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Channels And Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: QUARTZ MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZITE.
  • INNER PIEDMONT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 731.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW PITS/TRENCHES AND CONSPICUOUS WASTE PILES. SLOAN (1908): MODEST WORK DONE TO ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW THE QUARTZ VEINLETS IN THE COUNTRY ROCK. ALSO ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CREEK, A FEW PROSPECT PITS WERE SUNK ON QUARTZ VEINLETS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E. 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. NO. 2, P. 38-39.

  • Deposit

    S.C.G.S., UNPUBLISHED DATA. MCCAULEY, C.K. AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE DEV. BORAD, S.C., DIV OF GEOL., BULL. NO. 32.

  • 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

    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

  • Deposit

    S.C.G.S., Unpublished Data.S.C.G.S., Unpublished Data.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU DERIVED PRINCIPALLY FROM THE BROKEN-DOWN QUARTZ VEINLETS WHICH RAMIFY THE QUARTZ MICA SCHIST
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Mittwede, Steven K. (Zupan, Alan-Jo South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
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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