South Carolina · Oconee County
Past Producer

Cochran Placer

Oconee County, South Carolina, United States
Gold
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer (Residual Saprolite)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockMica Schist
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10106159
MRDS IDW030674
Alternate namesLawton Placer
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.63342, -82.86657
References
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)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)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)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