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J. C. Mills Property

Producer in Burke county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071275
MRDS ID W014574
Record type Site
Current site name J. C. Mills Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.8279, 35.60288 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burke(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dysartsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Burke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.8279, 35.60288
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: CONTACT ZONE OF PREC MICA GNEISS UNIT AND PREC GRANITE GNEISS COMPLEX UNIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1828
Discoverer Gold Prospector
Year of first production 1828

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Mills

Comments on the production information

  • NITZE WRITES VAST AMOUNT OF GOLD OBTAINED, BUT NO PRODUCTION FIGURES; USING AN AREA OF ONE SQUARE KILOMETER SLUICED 2 M DEEP AT ONLY 25 CENTS PER CUBIC METER OF $20.00 PER OUNCE GOLD WOULD YIELD $500,000

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY LOWER EAST SLOPE OF PILOT MT SLUICED; HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OTHER PARTS NOT MINED DUE TO LACK OF SLUICE WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MAP AT 1:62,500, PG. 152, 165, 166; TEXT 200 PG. AREA ON TOPO QUAD DYSARTSVILLE AT 1:24,00

  • Production

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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