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Arrowwood Mine

Unknown in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079909
MRDS ID W030671
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowwood Mine
Alternate or previous names Rosa Mine
Related records 10178112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.46513, 34.99431 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Relative position 4.7 KM N76W OF HICKORY GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hickory Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(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

  • OTHER CAVED SHAFTS AND PITS IN THE VICINITY, BUT THOSE AT THIS LOCALITY BEST FIT OLD DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE ARROWWOOD
  • Other Caved Shafts and Pits In the Vicinity, But Those At This Locality Best Fit Old Descriptions For the Arrowwood

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SLOAN (1908) REPORTS MILL-RUN OF 22.3 TONS RECOVERED $2.78/TON IN GOLD
Result ORE ASSAYED $6.13/TON
Result MILL RUN ASSAY 0.3 OPT AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.46513, 34.99431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 1M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINES - NUMEROUS SMALL OPEN PITS.
  • CAVED SHAFT DEPTH OF 4 M IS MINIMUM-ORIGINAL DEPTH PROBABLY SEVERAL TIMES GREATER. SHALLOW TRENCHES EXTEND NORTHEAST OF THE PIT ALONG THE VEIN.

Comments on development

  • WORK DONE YEARS BEFORE GRATON'S VISIT IN 1904.

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

    GRATON, L.C., 1906, RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME GOLD AND TIN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 293, 134 P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, J.R., 1980, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP AND LOCATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE SMYRNA REGION, YORK AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES, S.C.: S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE 21, 21 P. AND MAP.

  • 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

  • Deposit

    Butler, J.R., 1980, Reconnasiance Geologic Map And Mineral Deposit Locations In The Smyrna Region, York And Cherokee Counties,South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report-21Butler, J.R., 1980, Reconnasiance Geologic Map And Mineral Deposit Locations In The Smyrna Region, York And Cherokee Counties,South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report-21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN POCKETS IN GRAVEL OF TUSCALOOSA GROUP IN SINKHOLES OF BANGOR LIMESTONE. DISTRIBUTION IRREGULAR
Deposit FAVORABLE PROSPECT AREAS - NORTH AND WEST OF RUSSELLVILLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THIN AURIFEROUS-PYRITIFEROUS QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon South Carolina Geological Survey From Scgs Ofr-21
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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