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Henderson Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026496
MRDS ID K005169
Record type Site
Current site name Henderson Mine
Alternate or previous names Eldorado Mine Russell Prospect On Strike
Related records 10273790, 10224008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.02589, 35.4676 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 YARDS SOUTHEAST OF ELDORADO AND 10.6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(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)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • THE RUSSELL PROSPECT IS 200 FT. SOUTHWEST OF THE HENDERSON MINE. DIGITZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Tillery
    Rock description Tillery
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.02589, 35.4676
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Narrow Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 75 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ARGILLITE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRAY IN COLOR AND IS IRON STAINED. ORE CONSISTS OF 1/8 IN. WIDE VEINLETS OF SUBHEDRAL GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRRHOTITE, AND PYRITE IN VEIN QUARTZ. CHALCOPYRITE IS SPORADICALLY PRESENT AND CHALCOCITE (?) FORMS THIN COATINGS ON OTHER MINERALS. ACTINOLITE AND CHLORITE IN MANY CASES FORM NARROW BORDERS ALONG MARGINS OF THE VEINLETS. GALENA CONTAINS INCLUSIONS OF PYRITE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE ARGILLITE. MALACHITE AND AZURITE FORM THIN CRUSTS ON THE SURFACE OF WEATHERED SAMPLES. SOME BLEACHED PORTIONS OF ARGILLITE PRIMARILY CONTAIN GALENA AND REDDISH-BROWN SPHALERITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • RUSSELL PROSPECT IS A TRENCH 50 FT. LONG, 15 FT. WIDE AND 6 FEET DEEP FILLED WITH WATER TO WITHIN 5 FT. OF THE SURFACE. THE TRENCH IS CUT PARALLEL TO THE COUNTRY ROCK WHICH STRIKES N 45 DEG E AND DIPS 75 DEG NW. THE HENDERSON MINE CONSISTS OF A VERTICAL SHAFT 10 FT. BY 10 FT. THE SHAFT IS FILLED TO WITHIN 6 FT. OF THE SURFACE. A LIMITED AMOUNT OF DUMP MATERIAL REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • THE HENDERSON MINE WAS DEWATERED IN 1957, BUT NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WAS CARRIED OUT.

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-OCT-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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