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Propst Mine

Past Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite, REE, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071249
MRDS ID W014530
Record type Site
Current site name Propst Mine
Alternate or previous names Nash, Heglar
Related records 10151036

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.52563, 35.37093 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.2 MI SOUTHWEST OF MT. PLEASANT AND 5 MI SOUTHEAST OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cabarrus

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.52563, 35.37093
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Siliceous Zone In Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICEOUS ZONE IN PINK GRANITE. DARK GRAY ZONE OF DISSEMINATED SULFIDEuMINERALS AND OXIDES. RADIOACTIVITY FROM ALLANITE DISSEMINATED IN THEuGRANITE. REE ELEMENTS IN GARNET, OPAL, AND CHALCEDONY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Charlotte Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • A 5 FT BY 5 FT SHAFT FILLED WITH WATER AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES REMAIN AT THE OLD MINE SITE. VERY LITTLE DUMP MATERIAL REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA," N. C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SEC., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:165,000 PG. 27, MINE TEXT PG. 34, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN CONCORD SE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    SUNDELIUS, H.W. AND BELL, HENRY, III, 1964, AN UNUSUAL RARE EARTH-BEARING SULPHIDE DEPOSIT IN CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V. 5, NO. 4, P. 207-221.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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