Ophir Mine

Past Producer in Union 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 10307103
Record type Site
Current site name Ophir Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.77644, 34.80342 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenn Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyger(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Union

Comments on the location information

  • Glenn Springs 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.77644, 34.80342

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Diamond Drilling By Fmc and Us Borax, Core On File At Scgs Subsurface Core Repository Along With Assays

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2, Survey Number 5936Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2, Survey Number 5936

  • Deposit

    Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 44-4Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 44-4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Record Should Replace W101987
Deposit [Could Not Verify That This Site Is Coincident With Site For W101987]

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.