Henckel Mine

Unknown in Oconee 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079908
MRDS ID W030670
Record type Site
Current site name Henckel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.30208, 34.81872 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 1.75 MILES N60W OF INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS US 76 AND SC 196

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rabun(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toccoa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tugaloo(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Oconee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.30208, 34.81872

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Comments on the workings information

  • AT TIME OF SLOAN'S (1908) VISIT WORKINGS TOO DILAPITATED TO ALLOW EXAMINATION OF THE SUBSURFACE DEPOSIT.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AURIFEROUS QUARTZ STRINGERS IN MICA SCHIST.

Reporter information

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