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Robinson Mine

Past 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079154
MRDS ID W028082
Record type Site
Current site name Robinson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.08287, 35.224 (WGS84)
Elevation 221
Relative position 1.4 KM SW OF CRAMERTON WT; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont(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

  • WESTERN PART OF CHARLOTTE BELT, EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE ON QUARTZ VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THREE ASSAYS SHOW 0.16 OPT AU, TRACE AG
Result 0.19 OPT AU, 0.1 OPT AG
Result 0.45 OPT AU, 0.4 OPT AG.

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.08287, 35.224
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL WORKINGS ON QUARTZ VEINS

Comments on development

  • ROBINSON GOLD MINE IS ADJACENT TO DUFFIE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896

  • 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. 148 , LOCATED ON GOLD DEPOSITS MAP AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN BELMONT TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 , SMALL POND SELECTED AS MINE SITE

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N.C., MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY SMALL QUARTZ LENSE
Deposit ADJACENT TO THE DUFFIE MINE

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

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

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