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Crosby Mine

Past Producer in Cabarrus 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. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079158
MRDS ID W028090
Record type Site
Current site name Crosby Mine
Alternate or previous names Cosby, Poplan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.58063, 35.2701 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 3.8 KM SSW OF FLOWS STORE; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord SE(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

  • EASTERN PART OF CHARLOTTE BELT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE 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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.58063, 35.2701
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN DARK GREEN, GREENSTONE. FISSURE VEIN WITH LOW SULFIDE CONTENT.

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 Charlotte Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 25M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS ESTIMATED TO BE 75 FEET DEEP (C.B. BROWN).

Comments on development

  • BETWEEN NEARLY ADJACENT GOLD MINES MORRISON GOLD MINE TO NORTH AND ROGER MINE, TO SOUTH; NEAR TO PIONEER GOLD MINE.

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. 125

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CONCORD SE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N.C., MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN. MAY BE CONTINUATION OF THE BARRIER MINE VEINuSYSTEM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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