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Ida Mine

Past Producer in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026436
MRDS ID K005060
Record type Site
Current site name Ida Mine
Related records 10200219

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.19479, 35.72176 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.9 MI SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON AND 7.7 MI NORTHWEST 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

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Mudstone Member, Cid Formation
    Rock description Mudstone Member, Cid Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.19479, 35.72176
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 65
    Plunge direction NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein And Disseminated Sulfide Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • OPENED IN ALTERED, SHEARED PHYLLITE COMPOSED OF CHLORITE, SERICITE, QUARTZ AND MINOR LIMONITE. VEIN QUARTZ IS MASSIVE WITH IRON-STAINED AND LIMONITE-FILLED VUGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1878

Mining district

District name Silver Hill District/Carolina Slate Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 25M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH CROSSCUT ATE BOTTOM.

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION SINCE 1878. IN 1969 ONE SHAFT, REPORTED TO BE 80 FT DEEP, WAS CAVED AND FILLED WITH TRASH.

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.; POGUE, J.E., 1910, THE CID MINING DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITE DISSEMINATE IN WALLROCK; QUARTZ VEIN MAY BE BARREN.uPROBABLY NO SUBSTANTIAL PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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