Unnamed Gold Prospect

Prospect in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001776
MRDS ID W028519
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.26559, 35.6493 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJACENT TO SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ROAD JUNCTURE ON GENTLE RIDGE CREST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(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 Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.26559, 35.6493

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description NNE SHEAR SYSTEM

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1830

Reference information

Beyond USGS

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