Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAndalusite, Cassiterite, Clay, Enargite, Gold, Kyanite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sericite, Topaz
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1828
Discovery year1828
Identification
Deposit ID10177486
MRDS IDW007508
Alternate namesSprings Property, Brewer Mine, Brewer Topaz Mine, Old Brewer Mine, Tan-Yard Deposit, Hilford Pit, United Feldspar & Minerals Corp
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.65042, -80.4131
References
FRIES, C., 1942, TOPAZ DEPOSITS NEAR THE BREWER MINE, CHESTECOUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA/ U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 936-P. 59-78.NITZE, H. B. C. & WILKENS, H. A. J., 1897, GOLD MINING IN NOCAROLINA AND ADJACENT SOUTH APPALACHIAN REGIONS/ NORTH CAROLGEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 10, P. 144-147.DIGEST OF DATA CONTAINED IN REPORTS BY U. S. BUREAU OF MINESU. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/ UNPUBLISHED REPORT CONTAINED IN EFOCHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA (TOPAZ) FILE.PEYTON, A. L. & LYNCH, V. J., 1953, INVESTIGATION OF THE BRETOPAZ DEPOSIT, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA/ U. S. BUMINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4992.MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 2/12/81MSHA LIST 5/18/81RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P297.AN OVERVIEW OF THE BREWER GOLD MINE, PRECIOUS METALS'89 CON-VENTION. BY R.J. MCGREGOR AND M. DROZD.CONSOLIDATED NEVADA GOLDFIELDS CORPORATION, (CNGC), NEWSRELEASE, # 94-017, FEB. 24, 1994, "CNGC ACQUIRES RIGHTSTO SOUTH CAROLINA PROPERTIES".