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Yarborough Mine

Past Producer in Saluda 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081890
MRDS ID W044302
Record type Site
Current site name Yarborough Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.74654, 34.07843 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 2.07 MILES N 65 W OF 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

  • 2.07 Miles N65w of Denny, Denny 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.74654, 34.07843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.51M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. G. Scurry

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 50-FT SHAFT NOW FILLED TO WITHIN 12 FT OF THE SURFACE. NUMEROUS SUPERFICIAL TEST PITS ARE IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED OVER THE AREA OF SEVERAL ACRES.

Comments on development

  • WATER DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED AT 50-FT LEVEL IN THE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, C.K. AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLNINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOL, BULLETIN 32, P. 57 (REPRINTED 1980, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 2, P. 31 (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 Geol, Bulletin 32, P. 57 (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. SurveyMccauley, C.K. And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geol, Bulletin 32, P. 57 (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey

  • 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

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN DEVELOPMENT IN TWO QUARTZ VEINS-20 INCHES AND 6 INCHES DIAMETERS. BOTH HAVE PYRITE, BUT THE THINNER VEIN HAD HIGHER GOLD VALUES. SOME PYRITE CUBES IN THE WALL ROCK. OTHER QUARTZ VEINS ALSO PROSPECTED.
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Gibson, Gregory A. (Mittwede, Steve South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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

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