Mine detail: Patterson Mine

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Location: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.19594, -81.26149
dep_id: 10078174
mrds_id: W026354
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Chlorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR AND LENSES
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Granite
Structure: Nne Trending Folds And Faults
tectonic: Kings Mountain Belt
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , MINE TEXT P. 148 , TEXT 200 P.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.
  • Deposit:: MINE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
  • Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS
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