Culbreath Mine

Unknown in Saluda county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Nickel
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079905
MRDS ID W030664
Record type Site
Current site name Culbreath Mine
Related records 10184074

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.68234, 34.05703 (WGS84)
Elevation 119
Relative position 1.9 MILES S73E FROM DENNY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saluda(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denny(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Saluda

Comments on the location information

  • 1.9 Miles N73e of Denny, Denny 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Auriferous Pyrite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result VALUES BEST ALONG AN IRREGULAR ZONE THROUGH WHICH THE DIORITE AND AMPHIBOLITE MERGE. CONCENTRATES FROM UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF AMPHIBOLITE ASSAYED 2.1 PER CENT NICKEL, 4.0 PER CENT COPPER AND GOLD $7.50. ANALYZED ORE FROM THE 55-FT. SHAFT-NICKEL, 0.82 PER CENT AND COPPER, 0.77 PER CENT. ANALYZED ORE IN AMPHIBOLITE FROM THE 185-FT. INCLINE - NICKEL AND COPPER, $4.00-$5.00/TON. AT LEVEL FROM 185-FT POINT OF INCLINE, ANALYZED ORE - NICKEL, 1.1 PER CENT AND COPPER, 0.90 PER CENT. FROM A 40-FT. ZONE IN THE ADJACENT PHYLLITES, 54 BOREHOLES ASSAYED AS HIGH AS $4.19/TON, WITH AN AVERAGE OF $2.45/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.68234, 34.05703

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Culbreath Mining Co.; Newberry, S. C.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.061HA
    Length 109.73M
    Overall depth 51.82M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 21.34M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, C.K., AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 32, 78 P. (REPRINTED 1980, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 2, 505 P. (REPRINTED 1958, S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOL., AND 1979, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

  • Deposit

    Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
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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