Nibbler Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078665
MRDS ID W027125
Record type Site
Current site name Nibbler Mine
Alternate or previous names Jackson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.66844, 35.87481 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Relative position 2.6 KM NW OF HARTLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldwell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morganton North(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 Caldwell

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR EASTERN EDGE OF BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneisses And Schists
    Rock description Gneisses And Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.66844, 35.87481

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeastward Elongation Of Different Lithologies
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeastward Striking Foliation And Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS AT SHAFT MOST OF AREA GNEISSES AND SCHISTS CONTAINING CROSS CUTTING QUARTZ VEINS THAT CONTAIN GOLD AND GALENA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Morganton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL OF THIS MINE WAS NEVER DETERMINED OR THE RECORDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE MOSTLY BECAUSE RESIDENTS DID NOT KNOW NAME OF LAST OPERATOR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.2HA
    Overall depth 50M
    Overall length 109.73M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIDERABLE AREA PLACER MINED AND A OVERGROWN TRENCH TRENDS NORTHERLY FROM NEAR THE SHAFT. N 80 W-TRENDING TRENCH. DRIFT DRIVEN DUE SOUTH TO INTERSECT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • MUCH DATA FROM UNPUBLISHED GEOCHEMICAL WORK IN THE AREA FIELD WORK BY J. W. WHITLOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, J. W., 1966 AND 1967 , ORAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    MINE IN MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOCHEM J. W. WHITLOW, TRACE ELEMENT CONTEN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S
Deposit PART OF MINED AREA QUITE OLD. NORTH 80 DEGREE WEST TRENDING TRENCH IS THE LAST ATTEMPT AT MINING. EVIDENCE OF CONSIDERABLE PLACER MINING FROM THE SHAFT NORTHWARD TO LOCATION OF MILL FOR THE ORE.
Deposit MINE IN QUARTZ VEINS IN METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS. DEPOSIT MAYuHAVE BEEN ENRICHED BY WEATHERING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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