Hopkins Diggings

Past Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079147
MRDS ID W028071
Record type Site
Current site name Hopkins Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.43229, 35.43871 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Relative position 4.5 KM DUE NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Pleasant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Cabarrus

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY SMALL WORKINGS FOR NATIVE GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Epidote

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Cid Formation
    Rock description Cid Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.43229, 35.43871

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Of Gold Hill Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Hill Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT AREA; PROBABLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF NATIVE GOLD PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOW - GRADE GOLD ORE PRESENT IN GENERAL AREA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAJOR PROSPECT EFFORT IN AND ALONG VALLEY BOTTOM; ALSO PROSPECT ON ADJACENT EASTERN HILL CREST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUNDELIUS, H. W., AND STROMQUIST, A. A., 1978 IN PRESS GEOL. MAP OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT QUAD, CABARRUS AND STANLEY COUNTIES, N.C., USGS, DRAFT COPY, 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    MINE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    1978 GEOMAP SUNDELIUS, GEOLOG

  • Production

    SUNDELIUS, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 2.0 KM WEST OF GOLD HILL - SILVER HILL SHEAR FAULT SYSTEM
Deposit MUDSTONE MEMBER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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