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Unnamed Gold Mine

Past Producer in Gaston 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100209
MRDS ID W028058
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.26732, 35.33399 (WGS84)
Elevation 265
Relative position 5.3 KM DUE NORTH OF BESSEMER CITY ATHLETIC FIELD; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • VALLEY RIDGE WEST OF NEARBY PASOUR MOUNTAIN IN KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD PRODUCER FROM 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.26732, 35.33399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Faults And Folds Of Kings Mountain Range

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 Lincolnton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY SHAFT ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , 200 P., LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000

  • Deposit

    MINE IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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