Union Copper Mine

Union Copper Mine is a producer of copper, gold, lead, zinc in Rowan County, North Carolina, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1899 to 1906. It is one of 23 historic gold producers USGS lists in Rowan County, and number 5 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Deposit type
Massive sulfide, kuroko
Workings
Underground
Production years
1899 to 1906
Discovered
1842
County
Rowan County
State
North Carolina
Land status (BLM data)
Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
USGS record
10110448

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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

38 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Rowan County page lists the biggest.