| Deposit ID | 10079175 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028115 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Gold Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.70313, 35.29871 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 226 |
| Relative position | 2.7 KM ESE OF UNI. N.C. AT CHARLOTTE; NE CHARLOTTE; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mecklenburg(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Harrisburg(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Mecklenburg |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -80.70313, 35.29871 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| District name | Charlotte District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 22.5M |
| Overall width | 2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028115 |
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. 144 , MINE LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000
MINE IN HARRISBURG TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
EMMONS, E., 1856 , MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TEXT 347 , MINE TEXT P. 178 - 180
KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1885 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 2 , CH. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 302
1856 COMPILE EMMONS, N. C. STATE, MINES
1885 COMPILE KERR, N. C. STATE, MINES
1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEIN AT MAXWELL MINE 0.3 M TO 2 M WIDE WITH PYRITE IN LARGE MASSES |
| Deposit | MAY BE MAXWELL, JOHNSON, STINSON OR RHEA MINE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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