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Unnamed Gold Mine

Past Producer in Union 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071297
MRDS ID W014617
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.69563, 35.06261 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Matthews(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 Union

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A CENTRAL LOCATION IN THE GIVEN 1:24,000 QUADRANGLE IN UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.69563, 35.06261
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS IN SHEARED SILICIFIED PHYLLITE. IN ZONE OF DISCONTINUOUSuSHEARS 0.8 X 5 KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SYMBOL LOCATES MINE SITE IN MATTHEWS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALLOW HIGH-GRADE POCKETS PROBABLY RELATED TO WEATHERING

Reporter information

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

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

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