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Pilot Mountain No. 2

Occurrence in Randolph 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026517
MRDS ID K005197
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Mountain No. 2
Related records 10224255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.68033, 35.65759 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 8.4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHEBORO AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF RAMSEUR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramseur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(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 Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SULFIDES OBSERVED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Virgilina Group
    Rock description Virgilina Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.68033, 35.65759
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Folds

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 28 E
    Dip 58 NW
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Alteration Zone, Highly Sheared

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE WAS OPENED IN A SILICIFIED, SERICITIZED AND BLEACHED ZONE OF FELSIC LITHIC-CRYSTAL TUFF. HEMATITE AFTER PYRITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT. AT THE MINE WORKINGS, THE ROCKS HAVE BEEN BRECCIATED AND ALTERED TO SERICITE PHYLLITE CONTAINING KAOLIN. FINE GRAINED SACCHAROIDAL QUARTZ, QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS, AND LIMONITE AND HEMATITE IN VUGS AND FRACTURES ARE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 M PROSPECT ADIT TRENDS N 30 E.

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-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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