Mine detail: Wallace Gold Mine

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.06791, -81.40922
dep_id: 10105927
mrds_id: W019100
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrmal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Gold
gangue: Quartz, Calcite
orebody_fm: TABLULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Of Younger Bessemer Granite And Remnant Roan Gneiss
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1915
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1914
discr: Unknown
References:
  • 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. 35 , TEXT 78 P.
  • Deposit:: MINE SITE LOCATED IN KINGS CREEK TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE MC CAULEY C., S. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION
  • 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. 35 , Text 78 P.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. 35 , Text 78 P.
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