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Unnamed Amethyst Mine

Past Producer in Iredell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Quartz, Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078681
MRDS ID W027145
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Amethyst Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.78313, 35.68343 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 2.0 KM SW OF AMITY HILL; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iredell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shepherds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Iredell

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR MINE FOR GEMSTONES

Alteration

  • (Local) None Noted

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ANALYZED BY THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.78313, 35.68343
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Length 30M
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Statesville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO DATA AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 30000HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLOW, J. W., 1967 , APPROXIMATELY LOCATED THE PIT.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1958 , COMPILED BY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIV. OF MIN. RESOUR.

  • Deposit

    MINE IN SHEPHERDS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCKHOUNDS COLLECT AMETHYST AND AMETHYSTINE QUARTZ CRYSTALS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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