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Grady Rogers Mine

Past Producer in Union county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026530
MRDS ID K005240
Record type Site
Current site name Grady Rogers Mine
Related records 10151912

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.78814, 34.94372 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.9 MI. NORTHWEST OF WAXHAW AND 5.5 MI. SOUTH OF WEDDINGTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catawba NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Union

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.78814, 34.94372
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WORKINGS WERE OPENED IN A FELSIC CRYSTAL TUFF THAT HAS BEEN SHEARED TO PHYLLITE. THE PHYLLITE CONTAINS STREAKS OF PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE AND SCATTERED GRAINS OF GALENA. IT STRIKES N 65 DEG E AND DIPS VERTICALLY. IRON-STAINED MILKY QUARTZ IS SCATTERED AROUND THE DUMPS.

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

  • A SHAFT 40 FT. BY 25 FT. AT THE COLLAR WAS OPENED AT THE PROSPECT. MANY SMALL PITS WERE DUG ALONG A NORTHEAST-TRENDING RIDGE, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW TRENCHES WERE CUT PERPENDICULAR TO THE RIDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P. A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

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