Nott Mine

Unknown in Cherokee 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073194
MRDS ID W019077
Record type Site
Current site name Nott Mine
Alternate or previous names Knott Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.66093, 35.03621 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Relative position 4.2 KM SOUTH OF GAFFNEY; EXACT MINE LOCATION NOT KNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaffney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West of Kings Mountain Range
  • Mine Site Located In Gaffney Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN WITH SOME WEATHERED PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Roan Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.66093, 35.03621

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SOME PRODUCTION IN 1904 ; SOME GOLD PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1913 , 1914

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING ; PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF UNMINED LOW - GRADE GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ ORE REMAINS; POSSIBLY OTHER UNMINED GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEINS IN AREA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6M

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; SHAFT SUNK IN 1904 ; PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1913 , 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC CAULEY, CAMILLA K., AND BUTLER, J. ROBERT, 1966 , GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE DEV. BOARD, S. C., DIV. OF GEOL., BULL. NO. 32 , MINE TEXT P. 32 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE LOCATED IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE MC CAULEY, C., S. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    MC CAULEY, 1966

  • Deposit

    Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Div. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , Mine Text P. 32 , Text 78 P.Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Div. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , Mine Text P. 32 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE MAY BE POSSIBLY SITED ON CONTACT OF CAROLINA GNEISS AND ROAN GNEISS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; A SMALL QUARTZ VEIN REPORTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

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