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Graham Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  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 10079141
MRDS ID W028063
Record type Site
Current site name Graham Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.12204, 35.46538 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 7.3 KM DUE NORTH OF ALEXIS; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT, SMALL POND SELECTED AS SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowesville(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 Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOSTLY A GOLD - COPPER PROSPECT

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
    Rock unit name High Shoals Granite
    Rock description High Shoals Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.12204, 35.46538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 30M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Production years 1896-1897

Mining district

District name Lincolnton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • NEW SHAFT SUNK 1935.

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. 150 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN LOWESVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN 77 TO 102 CM THICK

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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