Gold Placer On Bell Branch

Past Producer in Iredell county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080597
MRDS ID W031900
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Placer On Bell Branch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.73397, 35.83648 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Relative position 1.2 KM SOUTH OF COOL SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iredell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cool Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Iredell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IN UNDISCLOSED SMALL AMOUNTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.73397, 35.83648

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL FILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD INVESTIGATION, D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P., AND WHITLOW, JESSE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CREEK CONTAINS VERY COARSE GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 D'Agostino, John P. (Rowe, William D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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