Haile Gold Mine

Haile Gold Mine is an underground gold mine in Lancaster County, South Carolina, near Kershaw. MSHA lists its status as active since Nov 29, 2011 and records 926 employees. It is one of 1 gold mine in South Carolina that is not marked abandoned, and the only one in Lancaster County; by employees it ranks 1 of 1 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Nov 29, 2011
Type
Underground
County
Lancaster County
State
South Carolina
Land status (BLM data)
Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
Nearest town
Kershaw
Employees reported
926
Operator
Haile Gold Mine Inc
Website
hailegoldmine.com
Coordinates
34.5808, -80.5214
MSHA mine ID
3800600

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Haile Mine
USGS status
Unknown
Commodities
Mica, Silver, Gold, Sulfur, Tin, Molybdenum
Deposit type
Hot-spring Au-Ag
Workings
Surface/Underground
Output size
large (USGS class)
Production years
1828 to 1992
Discovered
1827

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10084589 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.