Patterson Mine

Past Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078174
MRDS ID W026354
Record type Site
Current site name Patterson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.26149, 35.19594 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Relative position 9 KM SOUTHEAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(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 Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.26149, 35.19594

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND LENSES
    Thickness 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED AREA ABOUT 0.3 KM LONG IN NORTH - SOUTH DIRECTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , MINE TEXT P. 148 , TEXT 200 P.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; NITZE REPORTS DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO CROWDER'S MOUNTAIN OR CALEDONIA GOLD AND COPPER MINE 2 KM DUE WEST WHICH HAD ORE ZONES 2.7 TO 3 M THICK, AND ORE ASSAYS OF $1.03 TO $9.10 GOLD AT $20.00 PER OUNCE, TRACE TO $2.71 SILVER AT $1.29 PER OUNCE, AND 0.19 TO 6.82 PERCENT COPPER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.