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Isenhour 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. 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 10079213
MRDS ID W028159
Record type Site
Current site name Isenhour Mine
Alternate or previous names Yellow Dog Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.93231, 35.17733 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 2.2 KM NW OF MISSION CHURCH; SW OF 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

  • ON HILL SLOPE NEAR SMALL POND IN NON-URBAN AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY VERY SMALL GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.93231, 35.17733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to bottom 52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein In Small Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOUR FOOT WIDE QUARTZ VEIN IN DIORITE AND DARK PHYLLITIC SLATE (LUTTRELL,u1976)

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. 300-350 TONS PRODUCED (NO GRADE GIVEN)(LUTTRELL, 1976)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 52M
    Overall length 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY WORKED TO A VERY MODERATE DEPTH

Comments on development

  • SIMILAR TO TAYLOR GOLD MINE NEARBY TO NE; ARE TWO OF THE NEARLY 100 PRODUCTIVE GOLD MINES IN THE CHARLOTTE 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. 131 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 2 , CH. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 293; LUTTRELL, G.W., 1976, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152.

  • Deposit

    1893 COMPILE KERR, N. C. STATE, MINES

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINES

  • Production

    NITZE, 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS PROBABLY TREND NE; QUARTZOSE AND CELLULAR BROWN ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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