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Asheboro and Jones Mine

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055220
MRDS ID RE00502
Record type Site
Current site name Asheboro and Jones Mine
Alternate or previous names County Home

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.8395, 35.67648 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Asheboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • NOT CONFIRMED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Analytical data

Result DUMPS SAID TO CONTAIN 0.5 OPT AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Uwharrie Formation
    Rock description Uwharrie Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Uwharrie Formation
    Rock description Uwharrie Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.8395, 35.67648
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip STEEP NW
    Length 300M
    Width 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Sulfides In Highly Schistose Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD-BEARING LIGHT GRAY SILTY FELSIC TUFF CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRITE.uSERICITE SCHIST IS ALTERATION PRODUCT OF TUFF AND STRIKES N 25 E, DIPPINGuSTEEPLY NW. HANGING WALL IS GREEN-GRAY ANDESITIC TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1894

Mining district

District name Asheboro

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 11M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 6 X 15 M IS 11 M DEEP. SHAFT 11 M DEEP. NEARBY STREAM WAS PLACERED.

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS SUNK IN 1890'S AND 1920'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C.B. BROWN, 1934, USGS, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 300 M LONG ONuTHE BASIS OF PANNING CHURN DRILL CUTTINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-92 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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