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Sewell Prospect

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 10055259
MRDS ID RE00550
Record type Site
Current site name Sewell Prospect
Alternate or previous names Seawell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.50005, 35.44704 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.1 KM S 35 E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF S.R. 1638 AND N.C. 22.

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
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic With Minor 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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.50005, 35.44704
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 80M
    Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zone And Quartz Vein.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED ZONE IN FELSIC TUFF. CENTRAL PART IS PURE MASSIVE QUARTZ THATuGRADES OUTWARD INTO VARIABLY SILICIFIED FELSIC TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Robbins District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN SMALL PITS FROM 1-3 M DEEP AND A 15 M LONG TRENCH TRENDS N 40 E. SOME SMALL DUMPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWER, J., FIELD NOTES FROM USGS STUDY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TREND FROM PROSPECT PIT ALIGNMENT.

Reporter information

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

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