Sucky Lockart Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100208
MRDS ID W027987
Record type Site
Current site name Sucky Lockart Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.63063, 35.04651 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 3.4 KM SE OF GAFFNEY?? MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

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

  • SOUTHWESTERN PART OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • Southwestern Part of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LOW-GRADE GOLD-PYRITE BEARING QUARTZ VEIN
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.63063, 35.04651

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 72 E
    Dip 18 SE
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED TO NO GREAT EXTENT

Comments on development

  • SIMILAR TO GOUDELOCK GOLD MINE, 0.7 KM TO SE AND BILLY LOCKART GOLD MINE, 1.3 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE SOUTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIEBER, OSCAR M., 1857 , REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SECOND ANN. REPT. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: COLUMBIA, S.C., R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, TEXT 145 P., MINE TEXT P. 70 , 71 , LOCATED ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:65,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINE

  • Deposit

    Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P., Mine Text P. 70 , 71 , Located On Geol. Map At 1:65,000Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P., Mine Text P. 70 , 71 , Located On Geol. Map At 1:65,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY ONE QUARTZ VEIN MENTIONED
Deposit MINE NEAR CONTACT OF GRANITE AND PREC CAROLINA GNEISS UNIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Mine In Blacksburg Quad
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.