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Hendrix Mine

Unknown in Chesterfield 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. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106160
MRDS ID W030692
Record type Site
Current site name Hendrix Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.25809, 34.75561 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position 2.07 MILES S44W OF MI CROGHAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chesterfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Chesterfield

Comments on the location information

  • MEASURED FROM INTERSECTION OF SC HWYS 9 AND 268
  • Hornsboro 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.25809, 34.75561
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip AT FIRST 11 DEG E, THEN ALMOST VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAROLINA SLATE BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1856

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO GROUPS OF WORKINGS: FIRST GROUP-AT LEAST 7 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS, ALL CAVED OR FILLED TO WITHIN 2 M OF THE SURFACE. THREE MAIN SHAFTS ARE ALIGNED N40E. SECOND GROUP-ABOUT 150 M TO SW OF FIRST GROUP INCLUDES 1 SHALLOW SHAFT AND 3 PITS.

Comments on development

  • SPARINGLY WORKED AT TIME OF LIEBER'S (1856) VISIT. MOST WORKINGS NOW VISIBLE PROBABLY POSTDATE LIEBER'S (1856) VISIT.

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

    LIEBER, O.M., 1856, REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT: R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, COLUMBIA, S.C., 135 P.

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE 4 FT AURIFEROUS LAYER IS RICHEST IN THE CENTER TWO FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon 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

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