A. J. Wilson Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10079182
MRDS ID W028123
Record type Site
Current site name A. J. Wilson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.69369, 35.17622 (WGS84)
Elevation 209
Relative position 0.9 KM NNE OF BETHEL CHURCH; SE CHARLOTTE; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mint Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Mecklenburg

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE; WEST OF GOLD HILL FAULT SYSTEM; ON CREST OF UPLAND HILL IN AREA PARTIALLY DEVELOPED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY SMALL GOLD MINE ON QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF AN AVERAGE SAMPLE SHOWED GOLD AT $13.80 PER TON AT $20.67 PER OUNCE

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.69369, 35.17622

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 63 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Thickness 0.04M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Granite Unit And Mafic Volcanics Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9M

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE NEARLY 100 PRODUCTIVE GOLD MINES IN THE 1,500 SQ. KM. OF THE CHARLOTTE GOLD DISTRICT; TWO SERIES OF PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS WITH THE OTHER SERIES TRENDING NE

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. 144 , 145

  • Deposit

    MINE IN MINT HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE 20 CM TO 36 CM THICK WITH QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING COMPACT HEMATITE AND SOME PYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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