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Mountain Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Saluda 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. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307215
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.99624, 33.99653 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenwood(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owdoms(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stevens(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(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 Saluda

Comments on the location information

  • Owdoms 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Pyrophyllite Gangue
Chloritoid Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitation And Pyrophyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.99624, 33.99653
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Metavolcanics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Shallow Pits Associated With Silicified Breccia In Altered Metavolcanic Rocks

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mittwede,S.K., And Maybin, A.H., Iii, 1985, The Faulkner Mountain Alteration Zone, Carolina Slate Belt, Western South Carolina, In Kula C. Misra, Ed, Volcanogenic Sulfide And Precious Metal Mineralization In The Southern Appalachians: UniMittwede,S.K., And Maybin, A.H., Iii, 1985, The Faulkner Mountain Alteration Zone, Carolina Slate Belt, Western South Carolina, In Kula C. Misra, Ed, Volcanogenic Sulfide And Precious Metal Mineralization In The Southern Appalachians: Uni

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT ONLY ASSAY OF CHIP SMAPLE 0.01 0Z/TO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1998 Maybin, A.H., Iii South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs Scgs
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary; Corrected Typo In Latitude Number

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