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Cuprite from
Union Copper Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Copper1 photo of Cuprite associated with Copper at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Union Copper Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:834646
Long-form Identifier:1:3:834646:9
GUID (UUID V4):6dee8c39-69a6-4b28-a914-72feb1966980
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
26.3km (16.3 miles) Silver Hill Mine, Silver Hill, Silver Hill Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
35.5km (22.1 miles) Conrad Hill Mine (Dodge Hill Mine), Cid Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
52.7km (32.7 miles) Capps Hill Mine, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) Fentress Mine (North Carolina Mine; Stith Mine), Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
72.3km (44.9 miles) Hodges Hill Mine (Hodgins Hill Mine), Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
80.9km (50.3 miles) MacCulloch Mine (North State Mine), Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
85.7km (53.3 miles) Unnamed Cu prospect, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
89.3km (55.5 miles) Mary Mine, York County, South Carolina, USA
95.1km (59.1 miles) Brewer's Mine (Brewer Mine; Brewer Gold Mine), Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA by P. Albert Carpenter, m Reprinted...rocks Intrusive rocks Metallic minerals Chromium Copper Gold , 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 . Iron Lead, zinc...investigations Mine descriptions Alamance County Copper prospect Foust copper mine Robeson gold prospect Cabarrus...Cabarrus County Allman prospect Buffalo mine Cabarrus? mine Clinemine Crayton mine Furniss mine Eva Furr...Furr mine Isenhour mine ..; : Newellmine Nugget mine Phoenix mine Pioneer Mills mine Propst mine Quaker
Report (issue)
126? x-> n fi/c. 7£ Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W.... 9.1267 Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...province and in placers derived from these deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins...west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13 replacements
Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...Mica mining industry, for example, has brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2...York, has spent many months in explorations and mining for these mineral rarities, and has himself added...Mr. •also also G. B. boring gold region. for notes of the mica mining And to Prof. A. A. Julien
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...some number of them not hitherto or, The Mica mining industry, elsewhere discovered iu America. great...with Mr. W. E. Hidden, of New explorations and mining for these mineral Among these, York, has spent
Report (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S
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 (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS--SMITH, DIRECTOR 455 COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES BT WALTER...Ducktown type. ________________________________ . Copper quartz-vein type__________________________ Caroliuian..._ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...Corinth mines ________________________________ 32 Union mine______________________________^_ 32 Eureka
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University...June 2016 C opper in its native state, along with gold, are thought to have been the first metals used...Whether uncombined or alloyed with other metals, copper has played a major role in the development of our...and widely used nonferrous metals. Consequently, copper deposits have been sought by prospectors and geologists...Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, an h i zona native copper specimen has been chosen for this issue’s Connoisseur’s
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.......................................... 194 Copper..................................................ore deposits, espe­ cially those of silver and of copper, masses of rich sulphide ore are encountered which...ontana, where for some time past a study of the copper veins has been made by Professor S. F. Emm ons...often the m ost rem unerative to work, especially in gold veins, is here desig­ nated the zone of oxidation...discussing the chalcocite bodios of the Butte (Montana) copper veins. See Ore Deposits of the U nited States,
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Report (issue)
COPPER. THE COPPER MINES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1905. By WALTER HARVEY WEED. INTRODUCTION. Copper...Copper mining in the United States has had a marvelously rapid development in the last ten years, showing an...greatest individual increase that of the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz. The following table shows...various trustworthy authorities. & Production of copper in the United States, 190J/.-5. State or Territory...Pounds. 3, 565, 629 2,043,586 4,518,034 ton. North Carolina....... Georgia. .. ........... 1905. Pounds
Book
York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South...Check of Common Minerals Common Fluorescent Minerals Gold Panning Values Colors and Symbols on a Geologic...At a time when Neolithic man was picking up gold and copper nuggets to be hammered into ornaments ( 20...amethyst, and rock crystal-all mounted in heavy gold settings that were further decorated with blue enamel...fastened together with ball-and-loop devices of gold wire; during her life they must have clinked as
Report (issue)
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)
RANDATHER QUNTAN of£4 vA, ATE BELT CAROLINA aes \ eer =~CAROLINA ‘ Li, aie! BARTLETT'S/27 FERRY FAULT...GRANDFATHER TENNESSEE ~~ MOUNTAIN KIOKEE BELT SOUTH CAROLINA ug 5; “A BARTLETT'S/.2 FERRY FAULT ? ALABAMA...model, admittedly speculative, for gold mineralization in the Carolina slate belt; it complements the paper...Stream Sediment Copper Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan...Geologic South Sulfide (Thornton The Aspects Carolina Faulkner Western E. Carroll) the Southwest
Report (issue)
Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDAHL GEOLOGICAL...description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama ---------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...-Cook Inlet-Susitna region --------------------Copper River region -------------------------Kuskokwim
Report (issue)
No. 50. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. Issued by the CALirORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 5an Ferry...Yo ( 'oiN TY . 1 >i:i'( >SII'S '2'.)S : County Sax r.KKNAHDINO li'.is -U'J ( "OINTY '.\'2~)...Ckiiiht Minintniii llu- ( 'niiiiiany. 1"' County 'iimpaiiy's Kiswirk. plnni. sint-ltrr ()ii;iinal...niiiiiii;: 1 plant of tin- Company 'upper .Mining' < Canyon, with lion Mountain ihr at in Siiik...nlly Hill smcllfr awaiiiui: shipmcnl 'rnnncl entrance ai View the Hully iif Smrar Loaf Copper Mine
Report (volume)
concentration of metallic values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury...applications to be made direct to MINERALS SEPARATION NORTH CORPORATION AMERICAN Head Office, Engineering...so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...service from Superior Jaw Crusher Worthington mining equipment the from the standpoint of first cost
Report (volume)
1922 The FLOTATION PROCESS MINERALS SEPARATION NORTH CORPORATION AMERICAN owns or controls over seventy...concentration of metallic values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury...applications to be made direct to MINERALS SEPARATION NORTH CORPORATION AMERICAN Head Office, Engineering...California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:
Report (volume)
by C. W. Hayes 31 Gold and silver 31 Progress report on Park City mining district, Utah, by J. M. Boutwell_...Placer gold mining in Alaska in 1902, by Alfred H. Brooks 49 The Glenn Creek gold-mining district, Alaska... by Arthur J. Collier_ _ Gold and pyrite deposits of the Dahlonega district, Georgia, by Edwin 57 C....Lindgren 71 The Chistochina gold field, Alaska, by Walter C. Mendenhall . 76 Gold mining in central Washington...districts, Nevada, by J. E. 81 Spurr Gold mines of the Marysville district, Montana, by Walter Harvey 88 Weed
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By WILLIAM B. CLARK, Mining Geologist California Division...PHILIP A. LYDON, Mining Geologist California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 2 CALIFORNIA...MINES AND GEOLOGY Ian Campbell, State Geologist COUNTY REPORT Price $4.00 2 6 1 - CONTENTS ABSTRACT...23 23 Copper-zinc Dolomite (see limestone) 93 : 32 32 Gold Lode gold - — Placer gold 76 93 ...12 ° Tungsten 121 Uranium '^ 23 Zinc (see copper-zinc) BIBLIOGRAPHY 124 TABULATED 127 LISTS
Book
Emeritus of Geology The Ohio State University McGraw-Hill Book Company New York St. Louis San Francisco Toronto...Industrial Mineral Deposits Copyright© 1966 by McGraw-Hill, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United....... . Production and reserves. Canada. Soviet Union. Africa. United States. Other countries. Graphite.... ... . United States. Northern Africa. Soviet Union . Oceanic Islands. 440 454 467 475 485 494 508...decline of the empire was marked by the loss of gold and silver resulting from its use to import luxuries
 
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