Mine detail: Sear* Mine Or Searles Mine

Previously called 'Sear* Mine'

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Location: McCormick County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.86544, -82.31675
dep_id: 10089741
mrds_id: W030694
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Quartz, Pyrophyllite
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration: Silicification, Sericitization And Pyrophyllite
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III, Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon
hrock_unit: Felsic Pyroclastic Sequence Correlative To The Persimmon Fork Formation
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_unit: Lincolnton Metadacite
arock_type: Dacite
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1860
References:
  • 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
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