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Second Broad River Placer

Producer in McDowell 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071276
MRDS ID W014575
Record type Site
Current site name Second Broad River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.96401, 35.53871 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McDowell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(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 McDowell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.96401, 35.53871
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN SERICITE PHYLLITE

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

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ABOUT 1,692,000 CUBIC METERS OF ALLUVIAL MATERIAL CRUDELY WORKED; ABOUT 80 CENTS PER CUBIC METER REPORTED RECOVERED AT $20.00 PEROUNCE FOR APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $1,353,000

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF SECOND BROAD RIVER AND ONLY PARTS OF A FEW TRIBUTARIES ARE INDICATED AS WORKED

Comments on the workings information

  • COLLAPSED SHAFT, NOW 3 X 5 M.

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, TEXT 200 PG.; STREAM ON TOPO QUAD GLENWOOD AT 1:24,00

  • Production

    JAMES CHAPMAN; AGE ABOUT 60 IN 1975; OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ONE SMALL, LOW-GRADE GOLD MINE IS LOCAL AUTHORITY

  • Reserve-Resource

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHYLLITE FOLIATION N 45 E, DIPPING 85 NW.
Deposit IDENTIFICATION NOT CERTAIN

Reporter information

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

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