Castles Prospect

Prospect in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275078
MRDS ID W019093
MAS/MILS ID 0450910049
Record type Site
Current site name Castles Prospect
Related records 10096424

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.39152, 35.05121 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(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 York

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Battleground Formation, Felsic metavolcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, J ROBERT, 1966, SC DIV OF GEOL BULL 33, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, CAMILLA K & BUTLER, J ROBERT, 1966, SC DIV OF GEOL

  • Deposit

    BULL 32, P. 63.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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