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Unnamed Gold Mine

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078185
MRDS ID W026367
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.42315, 35.17511 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 2.4 KM ESE OF GROVER; EXACT MINE LOCATION NOT KNOWN; SMALL POND SELECTED AS MINE SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(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 Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.42315, 35.17511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Two Geologic Units

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

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 , TEXT 200 P., MINE SHOWN ON LOCATION MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1 : 1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit CAROLINA GNEISS REMNANT IN CHERRYVILLE PLUTON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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