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Cameron Mine

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079087
MRDS ID W027982
Record type Site
Current site name Cameron Mine
Alternate or previous names Morgan Or Leitner Lead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.67263, 35.03151 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 5.1 KM SSW OF GAFFNEY

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIRST OPENED AS COPPER MINE, THEN MINED FOR SILVER AND LEAD
  • Argentiferous Galena

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Siderite Ore
Malachite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result COARSE - GRAINED GALENA AFFORDED ABOUT 58 PERCENT METALLIC LEAD
Result ONE TON OF PIG LEAD WOULD YIELD ABOUT 60 OZ TO 84 OZ OF SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.67263, 35.03151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 1.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture In Micaceous Slate

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 42M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY SITE DESCRIBED BY LIEBER AND SLOAN; LIEBER SHOWS TWO SITES, THIS IS THE SOUTHERN ONE; KEITH SHOWS ONLY NORTHERN SITE, GL-002, NO LONGER VISIBLE; WORKINGS 1.1 KM APART N - S

Comments on development

  • FROM SURFACE TO 2.5 M DEPTH ORE COARSE-GRAINED ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND QUARTZ WITH CHALCOPYRITE, PYROMORPHITE AND CERUSITE; FROM 2.5 TO 18.0 M FERRUGINOUS MATRIX MIXED WITH LEAD CARBONATE AND SCATTERED PARTICLES OF GALENA AND SMALL AMOUNT OF MALACHITE; FROM 18 TO 44.5 M COMPACT HIGHLY CRYSTALLIZED SIDERITE WITH DISSEMINATED FINE PARTICLES OF PYRITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SLOAN, 1908 , LIEBER, 1857

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., MINE TEXT P. 94 , 95

  • Deposit

    MINE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    LIEBER, OSCAR M., 1857 , REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SECOND ANN, REPT. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: COLUMBIA, S.C., R. W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, TEXT 145 P., MINE TEXT P. 74 TO 78 , GEOL, MAP AT 1:125,000

  • Deposit

    1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINES

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIES

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 94 , 95Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 94 , 95

  • Deposit

    Mittwede, S.K., 1989, Geologic Map Of The Cameron Lead Mine Area: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report -65Mittwede, S.K., 1989, Geologic Map Of The Cameron Lead Mine Area: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report -65

  • Deposit

    Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P.,Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P.,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 0.75 M THICK AT SURFACE, 1.2 M THICK AT DEPTH OF 42 M; VEIN ON SOUTH SIDE OF MAFIC UNIT; OTHER MINE WORKING, GL-002, ON NORTH SIDE OF MAFIC UNIT
Deposit NEAR CONTACT OF GNEISS AND GRANITE UNITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

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