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Unnamed Gold Mine

Producer in Gaston 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079139
MRDS ID W028059
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.28482, 35.31982 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position 3.9 KM NNW OF BESSEMER CITY ATHLETIC FIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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

  • WEST SLOPE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY SMALL GOLD PRODUCER ON 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.28482, 35.31982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Faults And Folds Of Kings Mountain Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Kings Mountain Group And Cherryville Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Mining district

District name Lincolnton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF NATIVE GOLD PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • HAS SHAFT

Comments on development

  • GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN MINED AS WEEKEND HOBBY - INTEREST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JERRY BLANTON, 1977 , PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    MINE LOCATED IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD

  • Deposit

    1977 DIREXPL OWNE

  • Production

    JERRY BLANTON, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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