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Haile Mine

Unknown in Lancaster county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mica, Sulfur, Tin, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084589
MRDS ID W101981
Record type Site
Current site name Haile Mine
Related records 10226491

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.5429, 34.57792 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kershaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynches(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lancaster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Mica Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Telluride Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic (Also Paragonite), Chloritic

Analytical data

Result GOLE FINENESS IS 0.97 IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE AND 0.42 IN SULFIDE-RICH ORE BENEATH THE ZONE OF WEATHERING.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Richtex Formation
    Rock description Richtex Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Persimmon Fork Formation
    Rock description Persimmon Fork Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.5429, 34.57792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TWO ENE-TRENDING TABULAR ZONES
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 50 W
    Length 1800M
    Width 700M
    Depth to bottom 152M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Transitional Zone Between The Persimmon Fork Felsic Volcanic Rocks And The Overlying Laminated Argilllites Of The Richtex Formation

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ASSOCIATION OF ORE WITH THE FELSIC VOLCANIC-MUDSTONE CONTACT IS TYPICAL OF DEPOSITS ELSEWHERE IN THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT. THE AMOUNT OF DEFORMATION IS STRONGLY DEPENDENT UPON THE ALTERATION ASSEMBLAGE, SUGGESTING THAT THE ALTERATION WAS, IN LARGE PART, PRE-TECTONIC. OXYGEN AND SULFUR ISOTOPE STUDIES (KLEIN AND CRISS, 1988; LEHURAY, 1983) FAVOR METEORIC WATER AND AN IGNEOUS SOURCE FOR THE SULFUR (IE. A SUBAERIAL ORIGIN).
  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1827
Discoverer Benjamin Hale
Year of first production 1828
Year of last production 1992
Production years 1828-1848; 1888-1908; 1934-1942; 1985-1992

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Piedmont Minerals

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1850-1945
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.19 Opt Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 5g/mt
  • Year 1985
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.048 Opt Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 1g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1800M
    Overall depth 107M
    Overall length 1800M
    Overall width 700M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRE-1988 HAILE AND BUMALO OPEN PITS COVERED AN ESTIMATED 3 ACRES AND WERE EXCAVATED TO A DEPTH OF 200 AND 100 FEET RESPECTIVELY. THE PITS CONNECTED TO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS BETWEEN THEM THAN EXTENDED OVER 100O FEET LATERALLY AND TO A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 350 FT ON THREE LEVELS. THE BLAUVELT, AND BEGUILIN PITS ON THE NORTH ORE ZONE WERE 120 FEET DEEP AND CONNECTED TO STOPES THAT EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL 60 FEET. DRIFTS CONNECTED THESE PITS WITH THE NEW BEQUELIN AT THE 180 AND 200 FOOT LEVELS. ON CHASE HILL A SHAFT 120 FEET DEEP WITH A LEVEL AT 60 FEET. THE RED HILL PIT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET LONG, 200 FEET WIDE AND 100 FEET DEEP. DATA ON THE SIZE OF EXCAVATIONS FOR MINING POST-1988 IS LACKING.

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE PRODUCTION, GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION, AND DRILLING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    KIFF AND SPENCE, 1988

  • Deposit

    BELL, H., 1986, ; MCCAULEY AND BUTLER, 1966; PARDEE ANS PARK, 1948; KIFF AND SPENCE, 198

  • Production

    BELL, 1988

  • Deposit

    Bell, H., 1986Bell, H., 1986

  • Deposit

    Kiff, I.T., And Spence, W.H., 1988, Field Trip 2: Gold Deposits Of The South Carolina Slate Belt; Gold Mineralization And Associated Alteration Patterns At The Haile Mine, Lancaster County, South Carolina, In Secor, D.T., Jr., Southeastern Kiff, I.T., And Spence, W.H., 1988, Field Trip 2: Gold Deposits Of The South Carolina Slate Belt; Gold Mineralization And Associated Alteration Patterns At The Haile Mine, Lancaster County, South Carolina, In Secor, D.T., Jr., Southeastern

  • 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

    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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLYBURN MINE, NEARBY MAY BE GENETICALLY RELATED
Deposit DIMENSIONS ABOVE ONLY FOR THE HAILE MINE PROPER. THE ALTERATION AND CONTINUES SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE CLYBURN MINE AND IS HIDDEN BY THE CRETACEOUS COASTAL PLAN SEDIMENTS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE KNOWN MINERALIZED ZONE MAY BE AS MUCH AS 5.6 KM. WITHIN THE MINERALIZED ZONE, TYPICAL ORE-BODIES RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM 12-30 M, EXTEND DOWN-DIP 90 TO 145 M AND ALONG STRIKE 60 TO 183 M. TWO ORE ZONES ARE ABOUT 500 METERS APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. 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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