| Deposit ID | 10079252 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028440 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ray Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Baltimore and North Carolina Mining Co. Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.74174, 35.14067 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 206 |
| Relative position | 5.4 KM DUE WEST OF HOODS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mecklenburg(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mint Hill(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Mecklenburg |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | THREE ORE ASSAYS SHOW 1.0 OPT AU, 0.24 OPT AG |
|---|---|
| Result | 1.5 OPT AU, 0.75 OPT AG |
| Result | 10.8 OPT AU, 3 OPT AG. |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -80.74174, 35.14067 |
|---|
| General form | WIDE ZONE CONTAINING MANY QUARTZ VEINS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.02M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Year of first production | 1890 |
| District name | Charlotte District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 29M |
| Overall depth | 75M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028440 |
NITZE, 1896 ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 144.
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. 143, 144.
MINE IN MINT HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.
CARPENTER, III, P.A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, TEXT 166 P., MINE TEXT P. 79, 80, MAP AT 1:130,000.
KERR, W.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1893, ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTH CAROLINA, TEXT 359 P., MINE TEXT P. 302.
1885 COMPILE KERR, N.C. STATE, MINES
1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINES
1976 COMPILE CARPENTER, N.C. STATE, MINES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFORMATION LACKING |
| Deposit | MINE LOCATION UNKNOWN BUT MAYBE ALONG CONTACT OF TWO LITHOLOGIC UNITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | FIVE QUARTZ VEINS WITH AN AGGREGATE LENGTH OF 6.4 KM; THREE WERE REPORTED MINED; MINE MATERIAL FREE-MILLING BROWN ORE, ALSO COMPACT SULFIDES AND MASSIVE AURIFEROUS CHALCOPYRITEuPODS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1977 | Mcdaniel, Ronald D. | North Carolina Division of Land Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1992 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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