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Nugget Lead Prospect

Occurrence in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Lead, Gold
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071254
MRDS ID W014537
Record type Site
Current site name Nugget Lead Prospect
Alternate or previous names Biggers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.43951, 35.32288 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Locust(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Cabarrus

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.43951, 35.32288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Metamorphic Foliation Strikes N 30 E And Dips 75 Deg Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS INTRUDED BY MAFIC DIKES. VEINS ARE AT STREAM HEADWATERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NOT APPLICABLE; ASSAYS FOR GOLD, SILVER AND LEAD NOT KNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF SULFIDES IN QUARTZ VEINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 94, TEXT 200 PG.; CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N. C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN, RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:165,000 PG. 27, MINE TEXT PG. 32, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500

  • Production

    CARPENTER, III, P. A., 1976

  • Reserve-Resource

    MITZE, H. B. C., 1896

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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