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Gold Knob Mine

Producer in Rowan county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071281
MRDS ID W014584
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Knob Mine
Related records 10297538

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.3684, 35.58677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rowan(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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 Rowan

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.3684, 35.58677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS NORTHEAST TRENDING DIPPING 70-75 SE. UP TO 7MuTHICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Comments on the production information

  • ORE GRADE, ORE VOLUME AND GOLD AND COPPER RECOVERY UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL TO MODERATE AMOUNT OF LOW-GRADE GOLD AND COPPER BEARING QUARTZ VEIN ORE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PIT 3M DEEP; NUMEROUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

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. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:125,000 PG. 126, MINE TEXT PG 127, 128, TEXT 166 PG

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 120, TEXT 200 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Production

    CARPENTER, III, P. A., 1976

  • Reserve-Resource

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS WORKED; HAYNES, GOLD KNOB (UP TO 7M THICK), HOLTSHAUSERu(LAST WORKDED IN 1895)

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

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