Civil War Mine

Past Producer in Abbeville 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10081955
MRDS ID W044406
Record type Site
Current site name Civil War Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.36156, 34.08683 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 2.1 MILES N 21 E OF CLATWORTHY CROSSROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Abbeville(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Savannah(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 Abbeville

Comments on the location information

  • 2.1 Miles N21e of Clatworthy Crossroads, Verdery 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.36156, 34.08683

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1860

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
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.