South Carolina Gold Mines. CMC
The former Barite Hill mine in McCormick county was a cyanide heapleaching operation that produced roughly 58,996 ounces of gold and 109,000 ounces of silver between 1990 and 1994. Gold and silver mineralization was deposited in massive sulfides (pyrite) from a series of epithermal events. The mine was operated by Nevada Goldfields Inc