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Lyons Mine

Unknown in Abbeville county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089944
MRDS ID W044409
Record type Site
Current site name Lyons Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.37046, 34.06903 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Relative position 0.75 MILES N 19 E OF CLATWORTHY CROSSROADS
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Abbeville

Comments on the location information

  • 0.75 Miles N19e of Clatworthy Crossroads, Verdery 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.37046, 34.06903
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Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAROLINA SLATE BELT

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production <1908

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W044409

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOL. SURV B 2 505 P.

  • Deposit

    MC CAULEY, C.K. AND BUTLER, J.R., 1966, GOLD RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOL. SURV. B 32 78 P

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary