Dixie Queen Mine

Past Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272584
MAS/MILS ID 0370250028
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.5348, 35.262 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.5348, 35.262

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK, T. G. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1

  • Deposit

    1945. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 65, 1948, PP. 8-10.

  • Deposit

    DRANE, B. S., & J. L. STUCKEY. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN NORT

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA FROM 1918 TO 1923 (INCLUSIVE). NORTH CAROLINA GEOL

  • Deposit

    AND ECONOMIC SURVEY ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 55, 1925, PP. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P. A. III GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA. NOR

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA DEPT. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES INFORMATION

  • Deposit

    CIRCULAR 21, 1972, PP. 31-33.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.