Smith and Palmer Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079208
MRDS ID W028153
Record type Site
Current site name Smith and Palmer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.87787, 35.19761 (WGS84)
Elevation 221
Relative position 0.5 KM DUE SOUTH OF YORK JR. HIGH SCHOOL; SW 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

Charlotte West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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

  • ON WOODED CREST NEARBY TO URBAN AREAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE ON QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FIVE ASSAYS SHOW GOLD VALUES OF FROM $5.17 TO $148.82 PER TON WITH GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE AND SILVER OF FROM TRACE TO $0.91 WITH SILVER AT $1.29 PER OUNCE

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) -80.87787, 35.19761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Thickness 1.3M

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 23M
    Overall length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT; PITS ALONG STRIKE OF QUARTZ VEIN

Comments on development

  • SMITH AND PALMER MINE MAY BE ON EXTENSION OR PARALLEL QUARTZ VEIN OF NEARBY RUDISIL GOLD MINE, DL-013 , QUARTZ VEIN; THESE MINES ARE TWO OF THE NEARLY 100 PRODUCTIVE GOLD MINES IN THE 1,500 SQ. KM. OF THE CHARLOTTE GOLD DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896

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

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CHARLOTTE WEST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1864 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN 0.6 M TO 1.3 M THICK IS ONLY ONE MENTIONED; AT RUDISIL MINE, DL-013 , THERE ARE SEVERAL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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