West 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 10307104
Record type Site
Current site name West Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.77484, 34.60812 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philson Crossroads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Enoree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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) -81.77484, 34.60812

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Diamond Drilled By Amselco

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2, Survey Number 5937Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2, Survey Number 5937

  • Deposit

    Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 44-5Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32, Locality 44-5

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.