Mine detail: Alexander Mine

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Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.32593, -80.83925
dep_id: 10079193
mrds_id: W028136
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Of Granite Unit And Diorite - Gabbro Unit
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Diorite
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 143
  • Deposit:: MINE IN DERITA TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE
  • Production:: NITZE, 1896
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