| Deposit ID | 10071250 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014531 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Reed Placer |
| Alternate or previous names | Reid |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.46452, 35.27982 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cabarrus(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Locust(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cabarrus |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Tillery Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Tillery Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone |
| Rock unit name | Tillery Formation |
| Rock description | Tillery Formation |
| (1) | Floyd Church Formation; Metamudstone and Meta-Argillite |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gold Hill Fault Zone |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Length | 1500M |
| Width | 76M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1799 |
| Discoverer | Conrad Reid |
| Year of first production | 1802 |
| District name | Carolina Slate Belt |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Historical Site |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0HA |
| Overall length | 1371.6M |
| Overall width | 76M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014531 |
PARTZ, AUGUST, 1854, "EXAMINATIONS AND EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD-BEARING BELTS OF THE ATLANTIC STATES", THE MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 3, PG. 161 TO 168; CARPENTER, III, P. A., 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N. C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SEC., BULL. 84, MAPAT 1:165,00 PG. 27, MINE TEXT PG. 34, 36, TEXT 166 PG.; STREAM LOCATION IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,50
PARTZ, AUGUST 1854
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SITE OF FIRST GOLD DISCOVERY IN NORTH CAROLINA AND FIRST GOLD MINING IN THE UNITED STATE (1799). LARGEST AND RICHEST PLACER IN THE EASTERN U.S. |
| 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 |
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