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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 10089703
MRDS ID W028439
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.66008, 35.194 (WGS84)
Elevation 239
Relative position 1.95 KM NW OF MINT HILL

Site location context

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)

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 Mecklenburg

Comments on the location information

  • WOODED CREST OF LOW-RISING HILL
  • ON UPLAND IN PARTIALLY DEVELOPED AREA SE OF CHARLOTTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD PROBABLY IN QUARTZ VEINS
  • VERY SMALL GOLD MINE ON QUARTZ VEINS

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.66008, 35.194
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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
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR SURFACE TRENCHES AND PITS
  • SMALL FILLED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • THREE PROSPECTS, ONE ABOUT 200M EAST, OTHER ABOUT 200M SOUTH OF PROSPECT CITED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, J.P., 1977, PERSONAL OBSERVATION.

  • Deposit

    MINE IN MINT HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    1977 COMPILE D'AGOSTINO, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; PROSPECTS ABOUT 0.2 KM NORTH OF EMMONS MINE WORKINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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