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Cathey Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. 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 10079215
MRDS ID W028162
Record type Site
Current site name Cathey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.91787, 35.13844 (WGS84)
Elevation 186
Relative position 0.8 KM SE OF TRINITY 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

  • NEAR CREST OF SMALL WOODED HILL IN NON-URBAN AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY SMALL GOLD - COPPER MINE IN QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
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) -80.91787, 35.13844
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.5M

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 Underground
    Overall depth 42M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT; ORE MINED ONLY TO DEPTH OF 22.5 M IN LARGE BODY OF CHALCOPYRITE

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. 141

  • 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. 209

  • Deposit

    1893 COMPILE KERR, N. C. STATE, MINES

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS AGGREGATING 1.5 M AT 24 M; ONE 0.6 M THICK VEIN OF GOOD CHALCOPYRITE ORE AT 42 M; FIRST MINED FOR GOLD, ENCOUNTERED COPPER BELOWuOXIDATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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