Baltimore Mine

Past Producer in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001775
MRDS ID W028518
Record type District
Current site name Baltimore Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.21009, 35.74899 (WGS84)
Relative position ON WOODED SLOPE OF SMALL HILL IN RURAL AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grist Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION

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) -80.21009, 35.74899

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description GOLD HILL FAULT ZONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1830
Year of first production 1830

Reference information

Beyond USGS

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