Gold Hill

Unknown in Lancaster 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100521
MRDS ID W102000
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill
Alternate or previous names Nisbet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.84621, 34.90621 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catawba NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lancaster

Comments on the location information

  • Catawba Ne 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.84621, 34.90621

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAROLINA SLATE BELT OR GOLD HILL SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Drilled By Inco-Boise Cascade Joint Venture, Core Stored At Scgs Subsurface Core Repository

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND PARKS, 1948, P.10 5; BUTLER, 1976, P.15

  • Deposit

    Butler, 1977Butler, 1977

  • Deposit

    Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 29-7Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 29-7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-NOV-1998 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; Changed County To Conform With Location

Beyond USGS

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