Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrmal Vein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Gold
GangueIlmenite, Magnetite, Calcite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGranite
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
First production1906
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10089371
MRDS IDW019119
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.12071, -81.35452
References
SRC.REF: MC CAULEY, 1966KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 8 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.MINE LOCATED IN FILBERT TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000MC 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. 65 , TEXT 78 P.1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS1961 DIREXPL PRIVATE, UNKNOWN1966 COMPILE MC CAULEY, C., S. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONSKeith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P. Mine Text P. 8 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P. Mine Text P. 8 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.