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Unnamed Gold 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079217
MRDS ID W028164
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.87398, 35.21789 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 0.9 KM WNW OF WILMORE SCHOOL; WEST SIDE DOWN TOWN CHARLOTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charlotte East(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 WESTERN VALLEY SLOPE OF IRWIN CREEK IN URBAN AREA; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TRONA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic Rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLOW, J. W., 1978 , PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CHARLOTTE EAST TOPO QUAD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENT OF QUARTZ VEINS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 D'Agostino, John P. 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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