Mcgrew Mine

Past Producer in Randolph county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055244
MRDS ID RE00531
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgrew Mine
Alternate or previous names House Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.83672, 35.68037 (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

  • LOCATION NOT CERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.83672, 35.68037

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Pyrite In Sericitic Felsic Tuff

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED PYRITE IN SERICITE PHYLLITE. SOME WHITE QUARTZ ON DUMP. ONEuVEIN WAS 1.5 M WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Asheboro

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 25M
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS ON 25 M DEEP. DRIFT EXTENDED BETWEEN THE TWO SHAFTS 60 M APART. SOME SURFACE PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.B., USGS UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES, 1934

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS TREND N 30 E, WHEREAS SCHISTOSITY IS N 50 E DIPPING 73uNW.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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