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Simpson Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079185
MRDS ID W028126
Record type Site
Current site name Simpson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.68063, 35.22566 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Relative position 1.1 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH OF NORTHEAST JR. HIGH SCHOOL; 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)

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 Mecklenburg

Comments on the location information

  • ON UPLAND IN PARTIALLY DEVELOPED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY SMALL GOLD MINE IN AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING SULFIDES WITH CHALCOPYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF ORE SHOW GOLD VALUES OF FROM 0.04 TO 2.1 OPT AU.

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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.68063, 35.22566
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault

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

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE PIONEER MILLS GROUP IN NEIGHBORING CABARRUS COUNTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896 ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 144

  • 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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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