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Hunter Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079131
MRDS ID W028048
Record type Site
Current site name Hunter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.77648, 35.16011 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position 0.3 KM NNE OF SARDIS CHURCH IN SE CHARLOTTE URBAN AREA; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charlotte East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Mecklenburg

Comments on the location information

  • POSSIBLY ON WOODED VALLEY SLOPE IN SUBURBAN AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RAN 1 TO 2.1 OPT GOLD.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.77648, 35.16011
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARTZ VEINS WORKED AND SEVERAL OTHER VEINS OUTCROP WITH NO INDICATION OF DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896 ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 143.

  • 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. 143 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CHARLOTTE EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS OUTCROP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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