Cline Mine

Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071290
MRDS ID W014604
Record type Site
Current site name Cline Mine
Alternate or previous names Cruse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.44368, 35.45093 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Pleasant(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

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Carbonate

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.44368, 35.45093

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Of Gold Hill Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG NE
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Gold Hill Area

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT OF GOLD, COPPER AND TUNGSTEN ORE PRODUCED DURING YEARS 1895 TO 1902 UNKNOWN; MINE DEWATERED IN 1933 WITH NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION; FOUR HOLES DRILLED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1946 INDICATES NO ORE OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE REMAINS AT DEPTH, AS VEIN PINCHES OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW-GRADE ORE REMAINS AT DEPTH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE SHAFTS THAT ARE 35, 40, 140 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SEC., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:165,000 PG. 27, MINE TEXT PG. 29, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156, P.

  • Production

    CARPENTER, III, P. A., 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 0.3-1M QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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