Hepler and Claude Hepler Prospect

Occurrence in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026434
MRDS ID K005058
Record type Site
Current site name Hepler and Claude Hepler Prospect
Related records 10126823

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.19896, 35.7237 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.7 MI SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON AND 6.9 MI NORTH OF DENTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grist Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.19896, 35.7237

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF 3 TO 5 FT. DEEP TRENCHES NEAR A DRY STREAM BED. OLD PLACER WORKINGS ARE ALSO IN THE STREAM

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION AT THIS PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.