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Cane Creek Placer

Producer in McDowell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071271
MRDS ID W014568
Record type Site
Current site name Cane Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.85401, 35.5576 (WGS84)
Relative position UPPER PART OF CANE CREEK DRAINAGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McDowell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dysartsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina McDowell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.85401, 35.5576
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL FILL
    Length 3000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Placer

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1828
Year of first production 1828

Mining district

District name South Mountain District

Production statistics

  • Year 1857
    Period 1828-1857
    Material AU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 9,300 M Of Cane Creek And Its Tributaries For A Width Of About 20 M And Depth Of 1 M For A Total Of 186,000 Cubic Meters Of Materials Worked At About $0.80 Per Cubic Meter Gold Recovery At $20.67 Per Ounce

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ABOUT 186,000 CUBIC METERS OF ALLUVIAL MATERIAL CRUDELY WORKED; ABOUT 80 CENTS PER CUBIC METER REPORTED RECOVERED AT $20.00 PER OUNCE FOR APPROXIMATE TOTAL $149,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 3000M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MAP AT 1:62,500, PG. 152, TEXT 200 PG.; STREAM ON TOPO QUAD DYSARTSVILLE AT 1:24,00

  • Production

    JAMES CHAPMAN; AGE ABOUT 60 IN 1975; OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ONE SMALL, LOW-GRADE GOLD MINE IS LOCAL AUTHORITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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