Henderson Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Sulfur, Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079188
MRDS ID W028129
Record type Site
Current site name Henderson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.82092, 35.34538 (WGS84)
Elevation 251
Relative position 0.3 KM NE OF CROFT; NORTHERN 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

Derita(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 HILL CREST IN UNDEVELOPED SUBURBAN AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary
Sulfur Secondary
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE IN GOSSAN QUARTZ VEIN WITH SULFIDES AT DEPTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW GOLD VALUES OF $14.00 TO $75.00 PER TON GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.82092, 35.34538

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip SE
    Thickness 1.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Granite And Diorite - Gabbro

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD - AND SULFIDE - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY HAVE SEVERAL SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE NEARLY 100 PRODUCTIVE GOLD MINES IN THE 1,500 SQ. KM. OF THE CHARLOTTE GOLD DISTRICT

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. 141 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN DERITA TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE BODIES OF ORE WORKED, WITH ORE ZONE 0.5 M TO 1.3 M THICK; AT LOWER DEPTHS SULFIDE ORES PREDOMINATE BUT SOME LIMONITE STILL PRESENT

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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