Eustis 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105929
MRDS ID W019122
Record type Site
Current site name Eustis Mine
Alternate or previous names Love Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.42923, 35.06431 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Relative position 1.3 KM SE OF KINGS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(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 Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • East Side of Kings Mountain Range
  • Mine Site Located In Kings Creek Topo Quad At 1 : 24,00

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEINS WITH SOME FRESH AND OXIDIZED PYRITE; SOME OF THE WEATHERED PYRITE CRYSTALS AS MUCH AS 2.5 CM LONG
  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result H. M. ARMSTRONG REPORTS ONE - HALF CARLOAD OF ORE AVERAGED ONE - HALF OUNCE OF GOLD PER TON

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
    Rock unit name Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Roan Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.42923, 35.06431

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 21M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner A Canadian Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD ORE PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 21M

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; BEFORE 1904 SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS 9 M TO 15 M DEEP; WORKED 1938 TO 21 M; IN 1962 RE - TIMBERED AND SAMPLED

Comments on development

  • GOLD PROSPECTED AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY IN AREA SINCE 1856

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 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. 34 , TEXT 78 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREXPL A CANADIAN MINING CO., RE - TIMBERED

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. 34 , Text 78 P.0Mc 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. 34 , Text 78 P.0

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOOD ORE TO 6 M; ABSENT AT 21 M
Deposit NEAR QUARTZ VEINS COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY SERICITIZED SCHISTOSE GRANITE OR SERICITE SCHIST WITH STRIKE TO NORTHEAST AND DIP VERTICALLY OR SLIGHTLY EAST; QUARTZ VEINS USUALLY CUT ACROSS SCHISTOSITY; INCLUSIONS OF ROAN GNEISS IN YOUNGER BESSEMER GRANITE ; 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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