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Red Hill Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055256
MRDS ID RE00545
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.61421, 35.42677 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.6 KM N 58 W OF THE INTERSECTION OF S.R. 1434 AND S.R. 1002

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(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 Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.61421, 35.42677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 75M
    Width 15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ZONE SUBPARALLEL (N 10 E) TO THE CLEAVAGE IN THE HOST-ROCKS (N 25-40 E,uDIPPING 60-75 NW). SILICIFICATION WEAKENS TOWARD THE EAST THROUGH THE MINEuWORKINGS. HOST ROCKS ARE ALTERED RHYOLITE TUFFS SIMILAR TO THOSE AT THEuNEARBY BURNS AND THE ALLEN MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1900

Mining district

District name Robbins District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WAS 100 FT DEEP. UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT IN THE N 15 E DIRECTION SURFACES ON A HILL SLOPE 250 FT. IN THAT DIRECTION. LARGE PIT 25 M DIAMETER AND 8 M DEEP, AND FOUR SMALL PITS ARE PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIRECTION DERIVED FROM THE TREND OF THE WORKINGS

Reporter information

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

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

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