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Dan Milton Moly Occurrence

Occurrence in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Iron, Sulfur
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079187
MRDS ID W028128
Record type Site
Current site name Dan Milton Moly Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.63286, 35.20372 (WGS84)
Elevation 197
Relative position 3.4 KM SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF DUE EAST OF WILGROVE; SE CHARLOTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mint Hill(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

  • OUTCROP IN BANK OF NORTHERN TRIBUTARY TO CLEAR CREEK UNDER RTE 51 BRIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Iron Secondary
Sulfur Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.63286, 35.20372
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE BODY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1977
Discoverer Dan Milton

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN A SMALL OUTCROP A FEW FLAKES OF MOLY WITH PYRITE PRESENT IN GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILTON, DANIEL J., 1978 , PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    1978 GEOMAP MILTON, D., GEOLOGIC MA

  • Production

    MILTON, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY; DISSEMINATED FLAKES OF MOLY WITH NUMEROUS GRAINS OF PYRITE

Reporter information

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

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