Copple, Spencer and Ruth Gold Placer #1 River

Producer in Randolph 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071263
MRDS ID W014555
Record type Site
Current site name Copple, Spencer and Ruth Gold Placer #1 River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.02006, 35.7887 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fair Grove(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 Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.02006, 35.7887

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ALLUVIAL CHANNEL FILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N. C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCE SECTION, BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:225,000 PG. 109, MINE TEXT PG. 110, TEXT 166 PG.; STREAM ON TOPO QUAD FAIR GROVE AT 1:24,000

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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