Wild Cat Mine, Greenville Co., South Carolina, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wild Cat Mine | Mine |
| Greenville Co. | County |
| South Carolina | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 4' 30'' North , 82° 21' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tigerville | 1,312 (2011) | 0.8km |
| Slater-Marietta | 2,176 (2011) | 12.3km |
| Travelers Rest | 4,994 (2017) | 13.8km |
| Saluda | 707 (2017) | 18.0km |
| Taylors | 21,617 (2011) | 18.3km |
A placer Au occurrence/mine located about 1.2 km (0.8 mile) W of Tiger, on private land.
Mineralization is a vein deposit . Local rocks include Ordovician migmatitic granitoid gneiss.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| β Gold Formula: Au Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: Earle Sloan (1908) Mineral Localities of South Carolina :South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin No.2 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Earle Sloan (1908) Mineral Localities of South Carolina :South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin No.2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
| β | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
| Group 2 - SULFIDES | |||
| AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2 | |||
| β | Pyrite | 2.12.1.1 | FeS2 |
| Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
| Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
| β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Sloan, Earle (1908) Mineral Localities of South Carolina :South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin No.2
Pardee, J. T. & Park, Jr., C. F. (1948), Gold Deposits of the Southern Piedmont, USGS Professional Paper 213.
McCauley, Camilla K. & Butler, J. Robert (1966), Gold Resources of South Carolina, South Carolina State Development Board, Division of Geology Bulletin 32, 78 pp. (reprinted 1980, South Carolina Geological Survey).
U.S. Bureau of Mines (1995), Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), U.S. Bureau of Mines, file ID #0450450012.
USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10100393 & 10226510.
USGS MRDS ID #W100633.
Other Databases
| USGS MRDS Record: | 10100393 |
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