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Pine Hill Prospect

Past Producer in Guilford county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055255
MRDS ID RE00542
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Hill Prospect
Related records 10026489

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.70533, 35.97092 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guilford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(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 Guilford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metamorphosed Granitic Rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND STRINGERS
    Width 1.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS SHEARED, GOUGE-RICH, GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guilford County Copper District

Comments on the production information

  • 135 TONS OF ORE ON TOP AND 800 IN SITE ABOVE THE 60 FOOT LEVEL (EXCLUDING PILLARS).

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE AT S 60 W INCLINED AT 40 DEGREES CHOKED WITH DEBRIS AT 60 FEET. AT 60 FEET A LEVEL EXTENDS IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. TWO LEVELS REPORTED BELOW 60 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IS EXPOSED AT THE 60 FT LEVEL. LIMONITE GOSSAN WELLuDEVELOPED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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