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Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 036

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Quartz
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089436
MRDS ID W026482
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 036

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.58511, 35.23205 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 6.6 KM WEST OF PATTERSON SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRYSTAL SIZE NOT GIVEN BY KEITH BUT OTHER SOURCES GIVE SIZES OF 10 TO 15 CM LENGTH AND 5 CM DIAMETER FOR QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN THE GENERAL AREA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.58511, 35.23205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Keith, A.

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SIZE OF QUARTZ CRYSTALS AND EXTENT OF OCCURRENCE UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP OCCURRENCE

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT IS ONE OF A CLUSTER OF QUARTZ CRYSTAL OCCURRENCES NOTED BY KEITH IN A SMALL AREA WEST OF PATTERSON SPRINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., TEXT 13 P., SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE LOCATED IN BLACKSBURG NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GROWTHS OF QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN OPENINGS IN METAMORPHOSED ROCK

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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