Unnamed Gold Mine Fl-025

Unknown in York 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105977
MRDS ID W026361
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine Fl-025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.33872, 35.14401 (WGS84)
Elevation 247
Relative position 10.8 KM SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY, N. C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(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 York

Comments on the location information

  • IN KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK; SOUTH - EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • In Kings Mountain State Park; South - Eastern Foothills of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.33872, 35.14401

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 1.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD ORE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; ANOTHER MINE SHAFT LOCATED 100 M TO WEST AND A PROSPECT LOCATED 100 M TO SOUTHWEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 , SYMBOLS LOCATES MINES ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p.(P.10-The Wyatt Mine Is Discussed In The Paragraph About An Old Mine" Under The Other Deposits Section)Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p.(P.10-The Wyatt Mine Is Discussed In The Paragraph About An Old Mine" Under The Other Deposits Section)

  • Deposit

    Van Horn,E.C., Legrand,J.R., Mcmurray,L.L.,1949, Geology And Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies Of The Carolina Barite Belt: South Carolina Research, Planning And Development Board, Div.Of Geology, Bull.No.18, P.15.Van Horn,E.C., Legrand,J.R., Mcmurray,L.L.,1949, Geology And Preliminary Ore Dressing Studies Of The Carolina Barite Belt: South Carolina Research, Planning And Development Board, Div.Of Geology, Bull.No.18, P.15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RUSTY CELLULAR QUARTZ IN PLACES WITH LIMONITE GOSSAN; IN PLACES SOME FRESH PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
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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