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Gaillard Mine

Past Producer in Anderson county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080751
MRDS ID W032103
Record type Site
Current site name Gaillard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.80207, 34.35843 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 1.4 MILES S 85 E OF HARTWELL DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anderson(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hartwell Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Anderson

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED AT STRIP MINE SYMBOL ON HARTWELL DAM GA-SC TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
  • Mine Located At Strip Mine Symbol On Hartwell Dam Ga-Sc Topographic Map, 1.4 Miles S85e of Hartwell Dam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE EITHER SLIGHT WINE COLOR OR YELLOWISH-GREEN COLOR. MOST MICA BOOKS SMALL ALTHOUGH SLOAN (1908) REPORTED TEN INCH SQUARE SHEETS CHIEF DEFECTS ARE CLAY STAINING, RULING AND QUARTZ INTERGROWTHS. SOME OF BOOKS ARE SPECKED, BUT MOST ARE CLEAR AND FREE SPLITTING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 39
USGS model code 13f
Deposit model name Mica pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.80207, 34.35843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N19E
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Thickness 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite- Hartwell District

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: STRONGLY FOLDED BIOTITE GNEISS. A SECOND PEGMATITE BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN A SHAFT SUNK ABOUT 150 FT WEST OF THE MAIN WORKINGS
  • Inner Piedmont

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Probably Joseph J. Fretwell
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Hartwell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Rancy, Anderson, S. C.

Comments on the workings information

  • NOW ONE LARGE OPEN PIT ABOUT 100 YARDS LONG AND AT LEAST ONE ADIT: OLD WORKINGS DESCRIBED CONSISTED OF EIGHT SHAFTS (15-40 FT DEEP) AND SEVERAL IRREGULAR PITS. DRIFTS EXTENDED FROM SEVERAL OF THE SHAFTS
  • Abandoned Now One Large Open Pit and One Adit: Old Workings Consisted of 8 Shafts(15-40 Ft Deep) and Several Pits

Comments on development

  • WORKED DURING AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT PERIODS: TWICE BEFORE 1913 AND THEN IN 1942-43

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STERRETT, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOLOGIRAL SURVEY BULL. 740, P282-283

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITTS, W.R. AND OLSON, J.C., 1953, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PP248-E, P295, P302

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER.4, BULL. NO.2, P.144

  • Deposit

    Sterrett, D.B., 1923, Mica Deposits Of The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 740, P282-283Sterrett, D.B., 1923, Mica Deposits Of The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 740, P282-283

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Griffitts, W.R. And Olson, J.C., 1953, Mica Deposits Of The Southeastern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 248-E, P. 295, P. 302Griffitts, W.R. And Olson, J.C., 1953, Mica Deposits Of The Southeastern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 248-E, P. 295, P. 302

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS RANGES FROM 5-25 FT
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm. Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Mittwede, Steven) 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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