Mine detail: Ferguson Mine

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Location: York County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.12071, -81.35452
dep_id: 10089371
mrds_id: W019119
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrmal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Pyrite, Gold
gangue: Ilmenite, Magnetite, Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1906
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1905
discr: Unknown
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: MC CAULEY, 1966
  • Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 8 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.
  • Deposit:: MINE LOCATED IN FILBERT TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • Deposit:: MC CAULEY, CAMILLA K., AND BUTLER, J. ROBERT, 1966 , GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE DEV. BOARD, S. C., DIV. OF GEOL., BULL. NO. 32 , MINE TEXT P. 65 , TEXT 78 P.
  • Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS
  • Deposit:: 1961 DIREXPL PRIVATE, UNKNOWN
  • Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE MC CAULEY, C., S. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
  • 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. 8 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.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. 8 , Symbol Locates Mine On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.
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