Mine detail: Blackmon Mine

Previously called 'Hegler'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.66012, -80.5834

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mica
Ore: Sericite, Pyrite, Gold
Gangue: Kaolinite, Quartz
Orebody form: WIDE ZONE (TABULAR )
Discovery year: 1840

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hot Spring
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1840
Last production ended: 1906

Geology

Host rock:Persimmon Fork Formation
Host type:Felsic Volcanic Rock
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Sericitic, Silicic

References

MRDSW101992
DEP10084596
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, 1980; BUTLER HOWELL, 1976; MCCAULEY AND BUTLER, 1966; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948}{Deposit:: Butler, J.R., 1980, Reconnaissance Geologic Map And Mineral Deposit Locations In The Smyrna Region, York And Cherokee Counties, S.C. : South Carolina Geological Survey, Open File Report-21.Butler, J.R., 1980, Reconnaissance Geologic Map And Mineral Deposit Locations In The Smyrna Region, York And Cherokee Counties, S.C. : South Carolina Geological Survey, Open File Report-21.}{Deposit:: Pardee, J.T., And Park, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits Of The Southern Piedmont: U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 213, 156 Pp.Pardee, J.T., And Park, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits Of The Southern Piedmont: U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 213, 156 Pp.}{Deposit:: Butler, J.R. And Howell, D.E., 1976, Geology Of The Taxahaw Quadrangle, Lancaster County, South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geological Notes, V. 20, No. 4, P. 133-149.Butler, J.R. And Howell, D.E., 1976, Geology Of The Taxahaw Quadrangle, Lancaster County, South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geological Notes, V. 20, No. 4, P. 133-149.}{Deposit:: Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32Mccauley, C.A., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina : South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 32}{Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs}{Production:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, P. 112.}
ReporterMaybin, Arthur H. III, Nicholson, S.W.