Neill Mine

Past Producer in McCormick 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081956
MRDS ID W044408
Record type Site
Current site name Neill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.36206, 34.05403 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Relative position 0.6 MILES S 59 W OF CLATWORTHY CROSSROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McCormick(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdery(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)

Federal lands

Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Francis Marion and Sumter 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 McCormick

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6 Miles S59w of Clatworthy Crossroads, Verdery 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGED FROM 0.3 TO 4 OPT AU.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.36206, 34.05403

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Length 250M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IN NUMEROUS QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION
  • 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 1909
Year of last production 1913

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 731.52M

Comments on development

  • MILL WAS UNABLE TO CONCENTRATE GOLD FROM SULFIDE MINERALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    MCCAULEY AND BUTLER, 1966

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SC GEOL SURV B 2 505 P

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PP 213, 156 P.

  • Deposit

    MC CAULEY, C.K., AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SC GEOL SURV. B. 32, 78 P.

  • 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

    Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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

Beyond USGS

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