Gay Mine

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307092
Record type Site
Current site name Gay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.5717, 34.57202 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kershaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynches(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 Lancaster

Comments on the location information

  • Kershaw 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Haile Brewer Trend

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.5717, 34.57202

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Diamond Drill Core Holes By Gold Fields In Storage At Scgs Subsurface Repository

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 29-4Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 29-4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INACTIVE, ABANDONED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1998 Maybin, A.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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.