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Unnamed Gold Prospect and Sand and Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Caldwell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tin, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078673
MRDS ID W027136
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect and Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.55122, 35.98898 (WGS84)
Elevation 372
Relative position 0.75 KM SE OF HAPPY VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldwell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lenoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Caldwell

Comments on the location information

  • EASTERN BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Tin Critical Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR NATIVE GOLD PLACER DEVELOPED INTO LOCAL SAND AND GRAVEL PIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Rutile Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.55122, 35.98898
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL FILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Lenoir Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • RIVER BOTTOM WORKED FOR SAND AND GRAVEL AND FINES WASHED BACK INTO THE RIVER. MOST OF THE GOLD, ILMENITE, RUTILE AND QUESTIONABLE CASSITERITE IN THE FINES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATION NEARLY CLOSED IN 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLOW, J. W. EXAMINED THE DEPOSIT AND COLLECTED SAMPLES IN 1967 AND 1968

  • Deposit

    PIT IN LENOIR TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTENT

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTENT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY WAS AN ACTIVE SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATION IN 1968 . OWNERS STATED IT WOULD BE WORKED OUT WITHIN A YEAR
Deposit BROAD, LONG VALLEY OF ALLUVIAL FILL
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

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