Scoggins Mine

Unknown in York 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073209
MRDS ID W019096
Record type Site
Current site name Scoggins Mine
Related records 10129490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.38762, 35.04151 (WGS84)
Elevation 187
Relative position 5 - 9 KM SE OF KINGS CREEK; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT, MAY BE LOCATED ON SOUTHERN TRAIL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(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 York

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • East Side of Kings Mountain Range
  • Mine Site Located In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN WITH CONSIDERABLE FRESH AND OXIDIZED PYRITE
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result BUTLER, J. R., REPORTS OXIDIZED PYRITE OR BROWN ORE GAVE VERY GOOD ASSAY RESULTS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.38762, 35.04151

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Jarvis Hull
Year of first production 1933

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jarvis Hull

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12M

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; A SHAFT, 12 M DEEP AND NOW CAVED, AND AN ADIT, STILL OPEN, INTO THE HILLSIDE TO THE NORTHWEST WERE DUG; SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM ADIT BUT NOT FROM SHAFT

Comments on development

  • GOLD PROSPECTED AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY IN AREA SINCE 1856

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 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. 70 , 71 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. 70 , 71 , 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. 70 , 71 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE OR SERICITE SCHIST WITH STRIKE TO NORTHEAST AND DIP VERTICALLY OR SLIGHTLY EAST; QUARTZ VEINS USUALLY CUT ACROSS SCHISTOSITY; INCLUSIONS OF ROAN GNEISS IN YOUNGER BESSEMER GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING

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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