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Alexander 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079193
MRDS ID W028136
Record type Site
Current site name Alexander Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.83925, 35.32593 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 3.0 KM NNE OF RANSON JR. HIGH SCHOOL; 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)

Upper 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

  • ON WOODED HILL SLOPE NEAR CREST ADJACENT TO SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY A VERY SMALL GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -80.83925, 35.32593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Granite Unit And Diorite - Gabbro Unit

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 production information

  • PROBABLY ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

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

  • 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. 143

  • Deposit

    MINE IN DERITA TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

  • Production

    NITZE, 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEINS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT

Reporter information

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

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