Unnamed Gold Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery 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 60001781
MRDS ID W028524
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.04588, 35.3709 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SOUTH SIDE NEAR MOUTH OF BIG ISLAND CREEK WITH PEE DEE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.04588, 35.3709

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description SHEAR ZONE
Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description NE-SHEAR SYSTEM

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, JAMES F., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE ALBEMARLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL. 75, TEXT 26 P., MINE TEXT P. 18, GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    MINE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.

Beyond USGS

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