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Barrier Mine

Past Producer in Cabarrus 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. Ownership information
  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 10089683
MRDS ID W028088
Record type Site
Current site name Barrier Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.51508, 35.34204 (WGS84)
Elevation 175
Relative position 6.2 KM NE OF FLOWS STORE; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Cabarrus

Comments on the location information

  • EASTERN PART OF CHARLOTTE BELT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD MINE OF MODERATE SIZE IN QUARTZ VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE WORTH $60.00 PER TON GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE

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) -80.51508, 35.34204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip VERTICAL AND INCLINED
    Thickness 0.04M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Discoverer Mr. Orchard
Year of first production 1861

Mining district

District name Charlotte Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Orchard

Comments on the production information

  • APPRECIABLE AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 48M

Comments on development

  • ONLY MINE SITED ON WEST SIDE OF HAMBY BRANCH; EAST SIDE HAS SEVERAL MINES WORKED FOR GOLD IN QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES, SIDERITE, AND BARITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE, 1896

  • 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. 122 , 123

  • Deposit

    MINE IN CONCORD SE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N. C., MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO QUARTZ VEINS 4.0 M APART; ONE VEIN 35 CM THICK AND VERTICAL, OTHER VEIN 40 CM THICK AND INCLINED; AT DEPTH OF 48 M VEINS 0.7 M APART

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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