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Capps Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079200
MRDS ID W028143
Record type Site
Current site name Capps Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.87453, 35.29732 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 1.8 KM DUE WEST OF WILSON CHURCH; NW CHARLOTTE

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)

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

  • ON CREST OF WOODED HILL, ADJACENT TO ROCK QUARRY AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGE WORKINGS FOR GOLD FROM ORE OF AURIFEROUS QUARTZ AND LIMONITE WITH SOME PYRITE AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE MET AT DEPTH

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SIX ASSAYS OF CAPPS VEIN ORE SHOW GOLD VALUES OF FROM $11.72 TO $132.29 PER TON AND SILVER FROM TRACE TO $0.97
Result AT THE ADJOINING MC GINN GOLD MINE, DK-014 , JANE VEIN ORE HAD GOLD VALUES OF FROM $2.07 TO $113.08

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) -80.87453, 35.29732
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 - 60 E
    Dip E STEEP
    Thickness 9M
    Length 1120M
    Width 9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slate Pendant In Granite Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1840

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • USING NITZE'S INFORMATION A GROSS CALCULATION SHOWS ABOUT 200,000 TONNES OF ORE AND BARREN ROCK EXCAVATED FROM THE CAPP VEIN AND 160,000 TONNES FROM THE JANE VEIN; THE VALUE OF METAL PRODUCED WAS PROBABLY SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD ORE IN SULFIDE - BEARING QUARTZ VEINS REMAIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 520M
    Overall depth 53M
    Overall length 1357.88M
    Overall width 9M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE JANE VEIN WAS WORKED ALONG 220 M, IN A WIDTH OF 7 M TO 9 M, TO A DEPTH OF 53 M BY ONE SHAFT; THE CAPPS VEIN WAS WORKED ALONG 300 M, IN A WIDTH OF 6 M TO 8 M, TO A DEPTH OF 21 M TO 39 M BY FIVE SHAFTS, TWO CROSS-CUT AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS WERE ALSO MINED; A DIVERGENT QUARTZ VEIN FROM THE CAPPS VEIN IS INDICATED AS NOT WORKED

Comments on development

  • THE JANE VEIN WAS ALSO WORKED BY THE MCGINN GOLD MINE, JOINING TO THE SOUTH NEARLY 100 PRODUCTIVE GOLD MINES IN THE 1,500 SQ. KM. OF THE CHARLOTTE GOLD DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896 ; ASSAYS FOR GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE AND FOR SILVER AT $1.29 PER OUNCE

  • 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. 133 TO 137 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN DERITA AND MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE TOPO QUADS AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

  • Production

    NITZE, 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN CONVERGING QUARTZ VEINS MINED; ONE IS THE JANE VEIN WHICH STRIKES N40-60 E AND DIPS VERY STEEPLY EASTWARD AND THE CAPPS VEIN WHICH STRIKES N30-35 W AND DIPS WESTERLY ABOUT 40 DEGREES; THE CAPPS VEIN TRACED FOR 900 M; THE JANE VEIN WORKED FOR 220 M
Deposit IN 1895 , 4 CORE HOLES TO DEPTHS OF 102 M, 77 M, 54 M, AND 51 M CUT ABOUT 7 M OF THE CAPPS VEIN WHICH HAD A DIP OF ABOUT 30 DEGREES SW, WALL ROCK WAS FINE- TO COARSE-GRAINED DIORITE, IN PLACES PORPHYRITIC, ASSAYS OF SAMPLED VEIN CORES SHOWED GOLD VALUES OF $6.00 TO $7.00 PER TON WITH GOLD AT $20.00 PER OUNCE
Deposit SEE ALSO MEANS AND MCGINN (ON SAME VEIN SYSTEM)

Reporter information

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

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