Mine detail: Austin Placer

Previously called 'Nott Gold Placer'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.04931, -81.66093

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: UNCONSOLIDATED STREAM SEDIMENTS
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Auriferous Stream Gravels
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host type:Alluvium

References

MRDSW027983
DEP10079088
Reference{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 71 , 72 , GEOL. MAP AT 1:125,000}{Deposit:: PLACER IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINE}{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. 72 , 73 , Located On Geol, Map At 1:65,000Lieber, 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. 72 , 73 , Located On Geol, Map At 1:65,000}{Production:: LIEBER 1857}
ReporterNicholson, S.W., *gostino, John P.