Clark Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10079207
MRDS ID W028152
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.89314, 35.22872 (WGS84)
Elevation 221
Relative position 0.5 KM SE OF SPAUGH JR HIGH SCHOOL IN WESTERN CHARLOTTE URBAN AREA; 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

Charlotte West(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

  • SMALL POND SELECTED AS MINE SITE IN BUILT-UP AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW RANGE IN GOLD VALUES FROM 0.25 TO 7 OPT AND SILVER FROM TRACE TO 1 OPT
Result AT 22 M DEPTH ON EAST VEIN AVERAGE SAMPLE HAD 0.7 OPT GOLD.

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) -80.89314, 35.22872

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE; E
    Dip S, STEEP
    Thickness 2M
    Length 370M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip S, STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24M
    Overall length 329.18M
    Overall width 7M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTHEAST SET QUARTZ VEINS WORKED TO DEPTH OF 21 M ALONG STRIKE LENGTH OF 360 M; EAST VEIN WORKED TO A DEPTH OF 23 M; AT 22 M LEVEL THREE BODIES OF BROWN ORE FOUND WITH THICKNESS OF BODIES 0.8 M, 2.3 M, AND 0.2 M TO 0.3 M; ONLY 0.2 M TO 0.3 M BODY AT $16.00 PER TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896 ; THREE ASSAYS OF EAST VEIN WITH GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE AND SILVER AT $1.29 PER OUNCE PER TON ORE ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 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. 132 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CHARLOTTE WEST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SETS OF QUARTZ VEINS; INDIVIDUAL VEINS FROM 32 CM TO 2 M INuTHICKNESS. PITS CONTINUE FOR OVER 300 M ALONG TREND OF VEINS.

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

Beyond USGS

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