Mine detail: Silver Mine Ridge Gold Mine

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.07401, -81.53923
dep_id: 10078861
mrds_id: W027550
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: BEDDED
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1860
disc_yr: 1860
References:
  • Deposit:: MR. MARTIN, CASHION CROSSROADS, 1977 , PERSONAL COMMUNICATIO
  • Deposit:: 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. 9Keith, 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. 9
  • Deposit:: Mr. Martin, Cashion Crossroads, 1977 , Personal Communication
  • Production:: MR. MARTIN, 1977
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