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Gold (commodity) from
Parks Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Gold (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Gold (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Parks Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1117465
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1117465:7
GUID (UUID V4):39ff92f5-1ca9-4edb-b334-5933660a9444
Nearest other deposits of Gold (commodity)
0.9km (0.6 miles) Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079134), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079136), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10089673), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079135), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Hunter Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Point Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Davidson Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) Tredinick Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Howell Mine, Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10079217), Charlotte Mining District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
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Report (issue)
IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...agencies for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH...NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29...29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Report (edition)
Information Circular GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA by P. A. Carpenter, D oc ms C% M:*L Raleigh...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 26711. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist Cover...2 Uses 3 Mining Methods and Recovery 3 Gold in North Carolina 5 History of Mining 5 Production...Prospecting 7 10 Gold Deposits of North Carolina 12 Eastern Carolina Belt 12 Portis Mine 14 Other Mines
Report (issue)
126? x-> n fi/c. 7£ Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W....457-0*4 9.1267 Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...rocks west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13...Mountain. Cobalt minerals with ores of 16 iron or gold have been reported in a few areas in the Piedmont
Report (issue)
GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA , by Vernon J. Hurst University of Georgia with contributions by Kenneth...112 Cover photo: Mil8ing PDant, Parks GoUd Mine, McDuffie County, Georgia. Photo courtesy Georgia...Georgia Department of Archives and History. GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA by Vemon J. Hurst University of... . . . . . . . . . . . Historical Sketch of Gold Mining in Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. Synopsis of Gold Mining in the East-Central Georgia District. ......... ,.............
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returning it UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDl\IONT GEOLOGICAL...Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ ·__________________ _ Production...Production ________________________________________ _ Gold deposits _____________________________________ _
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President William
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23:16 02 June 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d’Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho 190 ROCKS & MINERALS...and from a relatively large number of European mining districts. Strikingly perfect, transparent pyromorphite...pyromorphite occurred at the Lubec lead mine, the Gouldsboro mine, and with wulfenite at the upper Colton...Foord 1994). Recently the old lead mine at Loudville, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, once again produced...Dan1 site, Litchfield County, Connecticut. It is reported from the Sparta copper mine south of Ossining,
Book
The Georgia Gold Rush THE GEORGIA GOLD RUSH Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and Gold Fever David Williams...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS Copyright © 1993 University of South Carolina Published in Columbia...Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press First Published 1993 Reissued in Paperback...But Dig Gold”: The Origins of Southern Gold Fever Chapter Two “Acting Like Crazy Men”: Gold Fever and...Comes to the Gold Region 47 Chapter Five “It’s Just Like Gambling—AII Luck”: Mining in the Gold Rush Days
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 584 BIBLIOGRAPHY j OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1913 WITH SUBJECT INDEX BY...113 115 162 162 163 164 165 3 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1913, WITH SUBJECT INDEX. BY...M. NICKLES. INTRODUCTION. The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology...publications bearing on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjoining islands, also Panama and the...efficient assistance in the work. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins
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Boston 30 X 60 Minute Quadrangle, Virginia and North Carolina by J. Wright Horton, Jr.1, John D. Peper1...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...in south-central Virginia and northernmost North Carolina. It covers an area of about 4,800 square kilometers...kilometers in parts of Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia, and parts...Granville, Person, Vance, and Warren Counties, North Carolina. The quadrangle contains most of John H. Kerr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
April 2015 Gold from GEORGIA Figure 1. A rare crystallized gold specimen from the Loud mine in White...White County, Georgia. This is part of the former geology collection of the Georgia Capitol Museum and is...lthough famous for its historical gold production, Georgia has few gold specimens with acceptable attribution...today. These specimens occur as nuggets or masses of gold ROCKS & MINERALS JULIAN C. GRAY Tellus Science...from placer and saprolite deposits and as visible gold in quartz mined from lode deposits. Crystals are
Journal (issue)
probably some of the earliest ores prospected; mining of these metallic minerals has been done intermittently...province of Virginia. , k (1) The mineralized district in Prince William, Spotsylvania, Louisa, and Buckingham...possibly late Precambrian)age. (2) The Virgilina district is a mineralized area in the southern part of...southwestward from Maryland for more than 40 miles into north-central Virginia. These rocks, mapped as the upper...Arvonia Formation of Buckingham County (Brown, 1969). Base-metal and gold deposits in this belt were mined
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permanent gettlement of previously frontier territory. Gold and diamonds we the two that vie for first place... and several African countries. However. unlike gold, which seemingly could be had for the taking by...individuals. Fortunatrly for the minerd collector, gold occasionally occurs in local high-grade areas in...octahedron known as &heStems Diamond, found by a mine crusher attendant and subsequently cut into three...discovery in lamproite in Western Eagle, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Other Wisconsin diamonds include a
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR NORTH CAROLINA EON ERA PERIOD EPOCH GEOLOGIC...GEOLOGIC EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Recent Deposition of sediments in Coastal Plain. Erosion of Piedmont...Pliocene o Phosphate deposited in eastern North Carolina (Beaufort and Pamlico Counties). Miocene ...E u o E n Formation of the Atlantic Ocean as North America and Africa drifted apart. Weathering and...Piedmont and Mountains. 240 Final collision of North America and Africa.Thrust faulting in west; deformation
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CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m
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Systemsat Pilot Mountain and SelectedOther Localities, Carolina Slate Belt T. L. KLEIN AND R. E. CBISS* U.S....Abstract Severalepigeneticmineral depositsin the Carolina slatebelt are intimately related to meteoric-...Reconnaissance studiesof other alterationzonesin the Carolina slatebelt havesofar disclosedthe involvementof...depositswhich occurwithin Tertiary volcanic THE Carolina slate belt is one of the most interest- rocks...have undergone low-graderegional metamorphism,the Carolina slatebelt haspreservedwithin it a largenumber
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interrelations relative to gas hydrates within the North Slope of Alaska. [Menlo Park, CA.] : U.S. Geological...of the eastern half of the lone quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada. [Menlo Park, CA] : U.S. Geological Survey...of the Zwagg Island Wilderness Study Area, Currv County, Oregon. [Menlo Park, Calif.] : U.S. Geological...only Dean, Lewis S. Mineral resources of Clay County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, 1988. M(235)4...Un3e Higgins, Michael W. Geologic map of Cecil County. [Baltimore] : State of Maryland, Department of
Book (edition)
.- ,: --- . :i! __;,;,,~ • ·. I ..' - ros I Gold Prospectors Ass ociation of America P. 0. Box 891509...- Temecula, CA 92589 (909) 699-4749 - 1994 Mining Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS INrRoDUCI'ION ••••••••................. ..... NY 1 - 2 t. • NC 1 10 North Carolina Ohio ••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••• ••• • .............. ........ ......... PA 1 - 2 South Carolina ·············································........ . 1994 Mining Guide INTRODUCTION IMPORTANT - PLEAsE READ! The 1994 GPM Mining Guide is designed
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and the symposium is Gold. In the early years of the Tucson show, the price of gold was The Mineralogical...governmentally established at $35/troy ounce, and while gold no longer officially backed American currency, it...extents by governments of larger countries. Few gold mines operated in the United States during these...costs had to be balanced against the fixed price of gold, and profits consequently were low. There were universally...high-grading at the mines. For these reasons, good gold specimens were not readily available in those first
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the U.S.A. 08 0 74470 02033 2 U.S. NATIONAL PARKS ORGAN MOUNTAINS PROTECTING AND PRESERVING FOSSILS...Nova Wheels This machine is made in the USA by Kingsley North. Features: • Stainless Steel construction...tubuft/ Item #1-0674-NOVA Sale $1,559.00 Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3, Norway, MI 49870-0216...MAXFIELD MINE 38 Exploring Utah’s Big Cottonwood Mining District 26 PALEONTOLOGY IN THE PARKS Our National...National Parks Protect and Present Fossils REGULAR COLUMNS Alice Sikorski Field Notes .............
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has been a byproduct of the mining of other minerals, such as ilmenite or gold, and even now the economics...minerals in order to reduce the overall cost of mining. Large deposits of bastnaesite, which have recently...market for rare earths in this country, but domestic mining operations are insecure because of the threat of...the price below the domestic cost of mining. The profitable mining of monazite is dependent on the market...Powderhorn districts of Colorado and the Lemhi Pass district of Idaho. It also occurs along with bastnaesite
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR BULLETIN 617 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ' ' NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1914 WITH SUBJECT INDEX BY...99 142 142 143 144 145 2 , BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1914, WITH SUBJECT INDEX. By...M. NICKLES. INTRODUCTION. The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology...publications bearing on the geology of the Continent of North America and adjoining islands; also Panama and the...efficient assistance in the work. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins
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https://archive.org/details/feeminingmineralOOOOmona FEE MINING AND MINERAL ADVENTURES IN THE EASTERN U.S. By...and the many changes due to man or nature, Fee Mining and Mineral Adventures in the Eastern U.S., its...wadewabsltoasssts-oncasess 34 Site 2. Iwan Creek Mine & Rock. Shop—Quartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc...Aastestes oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...Crystal ec Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al Mine—Quartz Crystal and Shop Rock Ridge Fiddler’s Site
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Union List of Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks of North America." It is currently being prepared for publication..."Remote Sensing and Geochemistry on the Shawanqunk District, New York, " by Jules Friedman (USGS) and Felix...OF THE WEEK From a Survey user in Raleigh, North Carolina to Jon Sellin, research librarian in Reston...(Card 2) ! Colorado -Kiacral reaourc«« Mineral County refjon. I. Bayaond t illlaa B. II. Lichtct F. E...heading Title COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL COUNTY REGION. Crock, J. G. (200)R29ono.83-405D,KP GISS
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TOWNS & MINING CAMP SITES . ol % \ AND WHERE THEY FOUND IT A GUIDE TO GHOST TOWNS & MINING CAMP...Jeannie Martin Men and women have hunted and prized gold more than any other metal through thousands of years... The dramatic and often surprising searches for gold and the life in the picturesque towns that grew...Towns and mining camp sites are becoming increasingly popular. Fact reads like fiction in Gold! And Where...and little-known mining booms. This book is particularly valuable because it covers gold discoveries throughout
 
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