Dorn Mine

Past Producer in McCormick county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083791
MRDS ID W100603
Record type Site
Current site name Dorn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.29125, 33.91904 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McCormick(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCormick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clark Hill Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stevens(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina McCormick

Comments on the location information

  • Mccormick 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.29125, 33.91904

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • INACTIVE, DRILLED BY GOLD FIELDS IN 1980'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, H. PERSON. COMM. 1983. BELL, 1973. CARPENTER, R.H.,1980, IN BELL ET AL. MCCAULEY & BUTLER, 1966, PARDEE & PARKS, 1948

  • Deposit

    Bell, H. Person. Comm. 1983.Bell, H. Person. Comm. 1983.

  • Deposit

    Bell, 1973.Bell, 1973.

  • Deposit

    Carpenter, R.H.,1980, In Bell Et Al.Carpenter, R.H.,1980, In Bell Et Al.

  • Deposit

    Pardee, J.T., And Park, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits Of The Southern Piedmont: U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 213, 156 Pp.Pardee, J.T., And Park, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits Of The Southern Piedmont: U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 213, 156 Pp.

  • Deposit

    Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin No. 32Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin No. 32

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Whitlow, S.) U.S. Geological Survey Field Obs Ahm
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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