Mine detail: Cameron Mine

Previously called 'Morgan Or Leitner Lead Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.03151, -81.67263

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Copper
Ore: Siderite, Malachite, Cerussite, Pyromorphite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrmal Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW027982
DEP10079087
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: SLOAN, 1908 , LIEBER, 1857}{Deposit:: SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., MINE TEXT P. 94 , 95}{Deposit:: MINE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: LIEBER, OSCAR M., 1857 , REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SECOND ANN, REPT. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: COLUMBIA, S.C., R. W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, TEXT 145 P., MINE TEXT P. 74 TO 78 , GEOL, MAP AT 1:125,000}{Deposit:: 1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINES}{Deposit:: 1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIES}{Deposit:: Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 94 , 95Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 94 , 95}{Deposit:: Mittwede, S.K., 1989, Geologic Map Of The Cameron Lead Mine Area: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report -65Mittwede, S.K., 1989, Geologic Map Of The Cameron Lead Mine Area: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report -65}{Deposit:: Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P.,Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P.,}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.