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Vinsant Mine

Past Producer in Rutherford county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Vanadium, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078679
MRDS ID W027143
Record type Site
Current site name Vinsant Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.82484, 35.5651 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 5.6 KM SE OF DYSARTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(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 Rutherford

Comments on the location information

  • ON EASTERN SLOPE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR GOLD OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 5 GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES ANALYZED BY THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Biotite Gneiss and Schist
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation N 45 Deg E; 35 Degrees Southeast Dip

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 75M
    Width 15M
    Depth to bottom 6M

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 South Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brackett

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.11HA
    Overall length 68.58M
    Overall width 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TRENCHES FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER NEAR A LOW POINT IN RIDGE OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRACKETT, 1966 , ORAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    MINE IN DYSARTSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE EVIDENCE THE SOIL WAS WASHED FOR THE GOLD CONTENT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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