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Alta Mine

Producer in Rutherford county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071256
MRDS ID W014543
Record type Site
Current site name Alta Mine
Alternate or previous names Monarch, Idler, Carson, Glendale

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.92234, 35.43204 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rutherfordton North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Rutherford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result O.5 OPT AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.92234, 35.43204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 90
    Width 800M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE OF THIRTEEN PARALLEL SULFIDE-BEARING GOLD QUARTZ VEINS WITHIN ZONE 800 MuACROSS STRIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1845
Year of first production 1845

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 35M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS AND SHAFTS WORK FOUR MAJOR VEINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 169, 170, TEXT 200 PG.; MINE AREA IN RUTHERFORD NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,00

  • Production

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTA VEIN RANGES FROM 25 TO 55 CM THICK (AVERAGE 40). THIRTEENuVEINS OCCUR OVER 800 M ZONE. THE MONARCH, CARSON, GLENDALE ALSOuVEINS EXPLOITED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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