Carroll and Ross Mine

Unknown in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073219
MRDS ID W019112
Record type Site
Current site name Carroll and Ross Mine
Alternate or previous names Wolf Creek Gold Mine
Related records 10226072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.45653, 35.03841 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 4.3 KM SSW OF KINGS CREEK

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 By Symbol In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS; WEATHERED AND FRESH PYRITE, PYRITE SPARSE EXCEPT IN PLACES WITHIN 0.3 M OF WALL ROCK; SOME CHALCOPYRITE
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FOR GOLD 0.1 OPT FOR AVERAGE OF THREE ASSAYS OF WHITE QUARTZ
Result 0.95 OPT AVERAGE OF FIVE ASSAYS OF PYRITIC QUARTZ
Result 0.85 OPT FOR BROWN ORE
Result AND 5.4 OPT FOR A 12: CONCENTRATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Roan Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.45653, 35.03841

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND LENSES
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip SE, NW
    Thickness 2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dixie-Carolina Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 72M
    Overall depth 24M
    Overall length 30.18M
    Overall width 93M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, A TUNNEL, AND TRENCHES; IN 1963 , 500 M TO SW, PROSPECT SHAFT DUG 16.5 M DEEP WITH DRIFT NORTH AT 10.5 M LEVEL FOR ABOUT 27 M WITH QUARTZ VEIN 0.25 M TO 0.7 M THICK, STRIKE N 25 E, DIP 78 SE

Comments on development

  • 1963 ASSAYS FOR GOLD AT $35.00 PER OUNCE PER TON SHOW $0.53 FOR PYRITIC IN PROSPECT SHAFT AND ADIT SCHIST WALL ROCK, $1.05 BARREN VEIN QUARTZ, TRACE FOR ONE M ACROSS VEIN, $14.00 GRAB OF ORE DUMP, $36.00 FOR CHANNEL SAMPLE OF 0.7 M QUARTZ VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SLOAN, 1908 ; SRC.REF: MC CAULEY, 1966

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 8 , 9 , MINE LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. 61 TO 63 , 78 P.

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL DIXIE-CAROLINA CO., NONE GIVEN

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P. Mine Text P. 8 , 9 , Mine Located On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P. Mine Text P. 8 , 9 , Mine Located On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.

  • 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. 63 , 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. 63 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS, ABOUT 18 M APART, ALSO QUARTZ STRINGERS; CLOSELY SPACED GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS EXTEND SOUTH FOR 900 M; CONTINUE SOUTHWARD MORE WIDELY SPACED FOR ANOTHER 1,200 M
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE OR SERICITE SCHIST WITH STRIKE SLIGHTLY EAST OF NORTH AND DIP VERTICALLY OR STEEPLY EAST; QUARTZ VEINS CUT ACROSS SCHISTOSITY; INCLUSIONS OF ROAN GNEISS IN BESSEMER GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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