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Coates Diggings

Occurrence in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079146
MRDS ID W028070
Record type Site
Current site name Coates Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.40479, 35.44899 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 6.3 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Pleasant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Cabarrus

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR WESTERN EDGE OF SLATE BELT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY SMALL WORKINGS FOR NATIVE GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Cid Formation
    Rock description Cid Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.40479, 35.44899
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ SERICITE SCHIST ALTERATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Charlotte Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 23M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUNDELIUS, H. W., AND STROMQUIST, A. A., 1978 IN PRESS GEOL. MAP OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT QUAD, CABARRUS AND STANLEY COUNTIES, N.C., USGS, DRAFT COPY, 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    MINE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500. C.B. BROWN, USGS, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES.

  • Deposit

    1978 GEOMAP SUNDELIUS, GEOLOG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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