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Hovey Prospect

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079205
MRDS ID W028149
Record type Site
Current site name Hovey Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.87564, 35.28788 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Relative position 1.3 KM SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF DUE EAST OF EMMANUEL CHURCH; NORTHWESTERN 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

Mountain Island Lake(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

  • WOODED VALLEY BOTTOM IN RURAL POCKET NEAR TO SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY SMALL GOLD PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

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) -80.87564, 35.28788
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHITE QUARTZ VEINS IN SHEARED SERICITIC GRANITE. PROBABLE CONTINUATION OFuTHE NORTH-NORTH EAST-TRENDING VEIN ENCOUNTERED IN THE MCGINN MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on development

  • HOVEY PROSPECT ABOUT 1 KM DUE SOUTH OF CAPPS MINE, AND MC GINN MINE.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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