Mine detail: Welchels Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.04181, -81.59703

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: BLANKET
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW027984
DEP10079089
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: LIEBER, 1857}{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 1:65,000}{Deposit:: MINE IN BLACKSBURG SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINE}{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, 13p.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, 13p.}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.