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Unnamed Gold Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg 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 10079179
MRDS ID W028119
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.67647, 35.26982 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 5.5 KM ESE OF NEWELL; NE CHARLOTTE; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg(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 Mecklenburg

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY ON FORESTED HILL SIDE SELECTED AS POSSIBLE MINE SITE IN RURAL AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY SMALL GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEINS; SULFIDES, INCLUDING CHALCOPYRITE, REPORTED IN AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.67647, 35.26982
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Granite And Gabbro

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE MAY BE EITHER THE JOHNSON, STINSON, RHEA, OR MAXWELL

Comments on development

  • ASSOCIATED WITH THE PIONEER MILLS GROUP OF GOLD MINES IN NEIGHBORING CABARRUS COUNTY

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. 144 , MINE LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN HARRISBURG TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, E., 1856 , MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TEXT 347 , MINE TEXT P. 178 - 180

  • Deposit

    1856 COMPILE EMMONS, N. C. STATE, MINES

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE JOHNSON, STINSON, RHEA, OR MAXWELL MINES

Reporter information

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

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