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Burrell Mine and Placer

Past Producer in Gaston 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. 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 10089682
MRDS ID W028084
Record type Site
Current site name Burrell Mine and Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.10371, 35.18844 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 5.8 KM SW OF CRAMERTON WT, MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(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 Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • WESTERN PART OF CHARLOTTE BELT, EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD - QUARTZ MINE AND PLACER WORKINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.10371, 35.18844
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Gastonia Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ONLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF NATIVE GOLD PRODUCED; PRODUCED AT INTERVALS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT AND PLACER AREA; PLACER AREA REWORKED AT INTERVALS

Comments on development

  • ONE OF SEVERAL SMALL GOLD MINES IN LOCAL AREA

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

  • Deposit

    MINE IN BELMONT TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 , SMALL POND SELECTED AS MINE SITE

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N.C., MINE

  • Production

    NITZE, 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR QUARTZ VEINS WORKED
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS POSSIBLY NEAR CONTACT WITH PALEO GRANITE UNIT

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

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

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