La Peire Prospect

Unknown in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  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 10089368
MRDS ID W019108
Record type Site
Current site name La Peire Prospect
Related records 10226654

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.45903, 35.01071 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Relative position 7.2 KM SSW OF KINGS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina York

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • East Side of Kings Mountain Range
  • Prospect Site Located In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24, 000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN WITH PYRITE
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.45903, 35.01071

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED FROM THIS SITE; GOLD BEARING TREND PRODUCED GOLD ORE INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1856

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6M

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; ONE SHAFT AND SOME SMALL PITS; SITE IS ONE OF NUMEROUS WORKINGS FOR GOLD THAT EXTEND NORTHWARD FOR 3.1 KM TO CARROLL - ROSS MINE

Comments on development

  • GOLD - TRENDING ZONE PROSPECTED AND MINED SINCE 1856

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC CAULEY, CAMILLA K., AND BUTLER, J. ROBERT, 1966 , GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE DEV. BOARD, S. C., DIV. OF GEOL., BULL. NO. 32 , MINE TEXT P. 66 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT SITE LOCATED IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE MC CAULEY, C., S. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    MC CAULEY, 1966

  • Deposit

    Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Div. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , Mine Text P. 66 , Text 78 P.Mc Cauley, Camilla K., And Butler, J. Robert, 1966 , Gold Resources Of South Carolina, State Dev. Board, S. C., Div. Of Geol., Bull. No. 32 , Mine Text P. 66 , Text 78 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; IN AREA THERE ARE USUALLY TWO QUARTZ VEINS ABOUT 22.5 M APART, DIPPING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS; VEIN THICKNESS RANGES FROM STRINGERS TO 1.2 M
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITE SCHIST OR SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE WITH STRIKE TO NORTHEAST AND DIP VERTICALLY OR SLIGHTLY EAST; QUARTZ VEINS USUALLY CUT ACROSS SCHISTOSITY; YOUNGER BESSEMER GRANITE INTRUDES ROAN GNEISS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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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