Mclean Deposit

Mclean Deposit is a past producer of gold in Gaston County, North Carolina, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1850. It is one of 18 historic gold producers USGS lists in Gaston County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold
Deposit type
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Workings
Surface/Underground
Production years
from 1850
Discovered
1850
County
Gaston County
State
North Carolina
Land status (BLM data)
Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
USGS record
10106089

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

37 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Gaston County page lists the biggest.