Mine detail: Mclean Deposit

Previously called 'Rumfeldt'

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Location: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.16622, -81.08342
dep_id: 10106089
mrds_id: W028086
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR AND BLANKET
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1850
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. 148 , LOCATED ON GOLD DEPOSITS MAP AT 1:1,600,000
  • Deposit:: MINE IN BELMONT TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N. C., MINE
  • Production:: NITZE, 1896
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