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Trotter Mine

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10079212
MRDS ID W028157
Record type Site
Current site name Trotter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.87731, 35.14789 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 0.9 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE SOUTH OF EBENEZER CHURCH; SW 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

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

  • IN URBAN AREA ADJACENT TO RAILROAD TRACKS; DEPRESSION PIT SELECTED AS SITE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

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

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic Rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone In Granite

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 137M
    Depth to bottom 21M

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 21M
    Overall length 123.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT SELECTED AS SITE ABOUT 100 M IN DIAMETER, 7 M DEEP, WITH NORTH AXIS

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. 131 , 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 SOME RICH SPECIMENS TAKEN FROM MINE; VEIN EXPOSED IN RAILROAD TRACKS

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

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