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Rhodes Mine

Past Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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  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. 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 10079156
MRDS ID W028085
Record type Site
Current site name Rhodes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.11176, 35.16955 (WGS84)
Elevation 215
Relative position 7.9 KM SSW OF CRAMERTON WT; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont(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

  • WESTERN PART OF CHARLOTTE BELT, EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD AND MINOR GALENA PRESENT IN MICA GNEISS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.11176, 35.16955
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

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 Gastonia Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY A MODERATE AMOUNT OF GOLD ORE AND MINOR GALENA MINED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 90M
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on development

  • ONE OF SEVERAL SMALL GOLD MINE IN LOCAL AREA

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 TEXT P. 148 , LOCATED ON GOLD DEPOSITS MAP AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN BELMONT TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 , SMALL POND SELECTED AS MINE SITE

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N.C., MINE

  • Production

    NITZE, 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDEFINED ZONE OF GOLD - AND SULFIDE - BEARING MICA GNEISS
Deposit MICA GNEISS BODY OF PREC AGE; MAY BE BASEMENT EXPOSURE IN DIORITE - GABBRO UNIT OR MINE IS NEAR THE CONTACT OF A MICA GNEISS UNIT AND DIORITE - GABBRO UNIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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