Hammet Grove Mine

Past Producer in Spartanburg 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106313
MRDS ID W044284
Record type Site
Current site name Hammet Grove Mine
Alternate or previous names Lietner Mine?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.77424, 34.94041 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 2.9 MILES N 15 W OF PACOLET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spartanburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pacolet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(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 Spartanburg

Comments on the location information

  • 2.9 Miles N15w of Pacolet, Pacolet 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Gangue
Corundum Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.77424, 34.94041

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • INNER PIEDMONT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908

  • Deposit

    LEIBER, O.M., 1958

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Lieber, O.M., 1858, Report On The Survey Of South Carolina; Being The Second Annual Report: Unknown Publisher, Columbia, S.C.Lieber, O.M., 1858, Report On The Survey Of South Carolina; Being The Second Annual Report: Unknown Publisher, Columbia, S.C.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina 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

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