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Point Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079133
MRDS ID W028050
Record type Site
Current site name Point Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.85092, 35.22233 (WGS84)
Elevation 230
Relative position 0.6 KM NNE OF CHARLOTTE YWCA; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT; RIDGE CREST SELECTED AS MINE SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charlotte East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Mecklenburg

Comments on the location information

  • IN URBAN DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTE; AT NORTH END OF DAVIDSON HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL TO MODERATE SIZE GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.85092, 35.22233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 1000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO INFORMATION

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 Charlotte District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 48M

Comments on the workings information

  • OXIDIZED ORES EXTENDED MUCH DEEPER THAN IS USUAL IN THIS REGION

Comments on development

  • CONTINUATION OF THE DAVIDSON GOLD MINE SITED ON 1 M TO 1.3 M QUARTZ VEIN AT SOUTH END OF DAVIDSON HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 126

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CHARLOTTE EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN MAY EXTEND SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG RIDGE CREST ONE KM TO DAVIDSON MINE

Reporter information

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

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