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Black Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079186
MRDS ID W028127
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.65786, 35.21594 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 1.4 KM NE OF WILGROVE; SE OF CHARLOTTE

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

  • IN PLOWED FIELD OF UPLAND IN PARTIALLY DEVELOPED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY SMALL GOLD MINE IN GOSSAN OF QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF BROWN ORES SHOW GOLD VALUES OF $50.00 TO $236.00 PER TON WITH GOLD 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) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metavolcanic Rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedrock Is Sheared Schists; Near Contact Of Granite Unit And Mafic Volcanics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHALLOW SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE NEARLY 100 PRODUCTIVE GOLD MINES IN THE 1,500 SQ. KM. OF THE CHARLOTTE GOLD DISTRICT; THIS MINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PIONEER MILLS GROUP, CK-007 , OF GOLD MINES IN NEIGHBORING CABARRUS COUNTY

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL QUARTZ VEINS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT

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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