Crowder's Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078251
MRDS ID W026484
Record type Site
Current site name Crowder's Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Caledonia Gold and Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.28315, 35.19455 (WGS84)
Elevation 247
Relative position 7.6 KM SOUTHEAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result FIVE ORE ASSAYS SHOW 0.05 TO 0.44 OPT GOLD. TRACE TO 2.1 OPT SILVER. THREE ASSAYS SHOW 0.19 TO 6.82 PERCENT COPPER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Bessemer Granite Unit
    Rock description Bessemer Granite Unit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.28315, 35.19455

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT AREA EXTENDS 0.4 KM TO SOUTHWEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , MINE TEXT P. 147 , 148 , TEXT 200 P.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES, USGS PP 336 , TEXT 121 P., MINE AND NUMEROUS PROSPECTS LOCATED BY SYMBOL TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, G. H., STRUCTURE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit MINE AND PROSPECTS NEAR CONTACT OF BATTLEGROUND SCHIST AND BESSEMER GRANITE UNIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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