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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307094
Record type Site
Current site name Belk Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.5961, 34.73762 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taxahaw(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

  • Taxahaw 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.5961, 34.73762

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Drilled By Amselco and Westmont In the 1980'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2, Survey 7510Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2, Survey 7510

  • Deposit

    Butler, J.R. And Howell, D.E., 1976, Geology Of The Taxahaw Quadrangle, Lancaster County, South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geological Notes, V. 20, No. 4, P. 133-149.Butler, J.R. And Howell, D.E., 1976, Geology Of The Taxahaw Quadrangle, Lancaster County, South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geological Notes, V. 20, No. 4, P. 133-149.

  • Deposit

    Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 29-1Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 29-1

  • Deposit

    Butler, 1980Butler, 1980

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.