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Briggs Prospect

Unknown in Greenville 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079911
MRDS ID W030673
Record type Site
Current site name Briggs Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.22155, 35.03841 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Relative position 6.8 MILES N02E OF GREER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenville(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campobello(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyger(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Greenville

Comments on the location information

  • DISTANCE MEASURED FROM INTERSECTION OF S.C. HIGHWAYS 14 AND 290 IN GREER; PROSPECT IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE MCBEE PLACER; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = KNOXVILLE 1:250000
  • 6.8 Miles N02e of Greer,Distance Measured From Intersection of S.C. Highways 14 and 290 In Greer; Prospect Immediately South of the Mcbee Placer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE CRYSTALS PRACTICALLY FREE OF GOLD; OXIDIZED PSEUDOMORPHS SHOW GOOD VALUES
  • Oxidized Pseudomorphs After Pyrite, Auriferous Pyrite

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ STRINGERS AND SERICITE PHYLLITE ASSAYED ABOUT $8/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.22155, 35.03841
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • A FEW TEST PITS

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-NOV-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

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