Unnamed Gold Prospect Gl - 006

Unknown in Cherokee 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089444
MRDS ID W026506
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect Gl - 006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.64313, 35.02041 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 5.9 KM SOUTH OF GAFFNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaffney(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 Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West Side of Kings Mountain Range
  • Prospect Site Located In Gaffney Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.64313, 35.02041

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1848

Mining district

District name Gaffney

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD ORE PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., TEXT 13 P., PROSPECT LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p..,Prospect Located On Map At 1 : 62,500Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p..,Prospect Located On Map At 1 : 62,500

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE WITH STRIKE TO NORTHEAST AND DIP VERTICALLY OR SLIGHTLY EAST; QUARTZ VEINS USUALLY CUT ACROSS SCHISTOSITY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. 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

Beyond USGS

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