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Lindsay Mine

Past Producer in Guilford county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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 10026492
MRDS ID K005164
Record type Site
Current site name Lindsay Mine
Related records 10224237

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.23587, 35.92815 (WGS84)
Relative position 11.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO AND 3.9 MILES EAST OF HIGH POINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Cross(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Guilford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonate, Sericitic, Chloritic

Analytical data

Result RESULTS OF 87 ASSAYS TAKEN FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE MINE RANGED FROM 0.2 TO 5 OPT GOLD.

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic Metavolcanic Rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip SE
    Length 3000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE AND FOLIATED DIORITE CONTAINS CHLORITE AND BIOTITE WITH SOME EPIDOTE FORMING DARK BANDS. VEIN IS HOSTED BY MYLONITE BANDS IN THE GRANITOIDS. PYRITE IS CONTAINED IN FRACTURES IN THE GRANITE AND DISSEMINATED AND IN BANDS IN THE QUARTZ VEIN. THE QUARTZ VEIN IS CLEAR TO MILKY AND BRECCIATED. MINERALS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEIN INCLUDE SIDERITE, SPECULARITE, CHLORITE, LIMONITE, HEMATITE, CALCITE, AND MALACHITE. THE SELVAGE IS COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF CHLORITE WITH CLAY MINERALS, ANKERITE, SERICITE, LIMONITE, AND EPIDOTE. SOME QUARTZ IN THE SELVAGE IS GRANULAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1857

Mining district

District name Guilford County Copper District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 46M
    Overall length 3000M

Comments on the workings information

  • LINDSAY MINE IS THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE NORTH STATE MINE. AT LEAST FOUR SHAFTS WERE SUNK ON THE PROPERTY. THEY VARIED IN DEPTH FROM 90 TO MORE THAN 150 FT. IN 1966, THE MAIN SHAFT WAS FILLED IN DUE TO HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. THREE CHOKED SHAFTS OR PITS WERE AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED IN 1934 BY J.A. ALLRED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, NCGS BULLETIN 3

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE NORTH STATE (MCCULLOUGH) MINE AND THEuJACKS HILL WHICH EXTEND APPROXIMATELY 5 KM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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