Mine detail: Sear* Mine Or Searles Mine

Previously called 'Sear* Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.86544, -82.31675

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Gangue: Quartz, Pyrophyllite
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Felsic Pyroclastic Sequence Correlative To The Persimmon Fork Formation
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:Lincolnton Metadacite
Associated type:Dacite
Alteration processes:Silicification, Sericitization And Pyrophyllite

References

MRDSW030694
DEP10089741
Reference{Deposit:: MCCAULEY, C.K., AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 32, 78 P. (REPRINTED 1980, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)}{Deposit:: SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 2, 505 P. (REPRINTED 1958, S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOL., AND 1979, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)}{Deposit:: LIEBER, O.M., 1860, REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEING THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT: R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, COLUMBIA, S.C., 147 P.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, R.H., ODOM, A.L., AND HARTLEY, M.E., III, 1978, GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SLATE BELT (ABST.): GEOL. SOC. AM., ABSTR. PROGRAMS, VOL. 10, NO. 4, P. 164}{Deposit:: Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)Mccauley, C.K., And Butler, J.R., 1966, Gold Resources Of South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin 32, 78 P. (Reprinted 1980, S.C. Geol. Survey)}{Deposit:: Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2}
ReporterNicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III, Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon