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Smith Prospect

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026518
MRDS ID K005199
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect
Related records 10273260

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.77255, 35.61427 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.7 MILES SOUTH - SOUTHEAST OF ASHEBORO AND 5.2 MILES NORTH OF SEAGROVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seagrove(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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.77255, 35.61427
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip 45 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECTING WAS CARRIED OUT IN A VEIN OF MILKY QUARTZ CONTAINING MINOR PYRITE. THE VEIN STRIKES N 35 DEG E AND DIPS 45 DEG NW. THE COUNTRY ROCK, A FELSIC VOLCANIC, CONTAINS VERTICAL SHEARS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ONLY MINOR PROSPECTING WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE SMITH 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-OCT-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

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

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