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Sloan Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079196
MRDS ID W028139
Record type Site
Current site name Sloan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.9337, 35.31427 (WGS84)
Elevation 210
Relative position 1.2 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH OF HILLCREST CHURCH; NORTHWESTERN 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

Mountain Island Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(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 Mecklenburg

Comments on the location information

  • GRAVEL PIT AT POSSIBLE MINE LOCATION; WOODED HILL ADJACENT TO SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEIN PROBABLY BEARING SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
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 > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.9337, 35.31427
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Granite Unit And Diorite - Gabbro Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12M

Comments on development

  • SLOAN MINE ADJACENT TO G. C. CATHEY GOLD MINE, DK-012 ; THESE ARE TWO OF THE NEARLY 100 PRODUCTIVE GOLD MINES IN THE 1,500 SQ. KM. OF THE CHARLOTTE GOLD DISTRICT

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

  • Deposit

    MINE IN MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

  • Production

    NITZE, 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN OF UNKNOWN EXTENT

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

Beyond USGS

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