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Cochran Placer

Past Producer in Oconee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106159
MRDS ID W030674
Record type Site
Current site name Cochran Placer
Alternate or previous names Lawton Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.86657, 34.63342 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADAMS CROSSING, To The Nearest Minute

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oconee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clemson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Seneca(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Corps of Engineers(Branch)

Branch USACE(Type of land area)

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Oconee

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ABOVE RECORDED BY SLOAN (1908); ADAMS CROSSING NOT ON THE PICKENS (1894) AND WALHALLA (1892) 30-MINUTE QUADRANGLES; LOCATION UNKNOWN; A LOCAL RESIDENT SAID THE LOCATION IS NOW UNDER LAKE HARTWELL.
  • Location Above Recorded By Sloan (1908); Adams Crossing Not On the Pickens (1894) and Walhalla (1892) 30-Minute Quadrangles; Location Unknown; A Local Resident Said the Location Is Now Under Lake Hartwell.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Native Gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.86657, 34.63342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, C.K., AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 32, 78 P. (REPRINTED 1980, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 2, 505 P. (REPRINTED 1958, S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOL., AND 1979, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

  • Deposit

    Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION LIMITED TO WIDELY SEPARATED POCKETS RARELY SIX FEET IN WIDTH; APPROXIMATE BOTTOM OF SAPROLITE IS 25 FEET. AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS AND STRINGERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon South Carolina Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-02 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

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