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Troy Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055263
MRDS ID RE00555
Record type Site
Current site name Troy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.8895, 35.44621 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lovejoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(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)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION VERY APPROXIMATE FROM OLD COUNTY ROAD MAPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic, Chloritic

Analytical data

Result 8 CM QUARTZ VEIN REPORTED TO CONTAIN 0.7 OPT AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.8895, 35.44621
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 150M
    Width 8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS BLUE-GRAY, SILICEOUS, SHEARED FELSIC TUFF WITH AN 8 CMuRECRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1908

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 8M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MOORE SHAFT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1880'S. LATEST DEVELOPMENT (1904-1908) WAS IN TWO OPEN PITS, ONE 150 M LONG, 8 M WIDE, AND 4 M DEEP. EARLY PRODUCTION WAS FROM SAPROLITE PLACER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDE ZONE OF SERICITE-RICH VOLCANIC ROCK WITH A 10 CM SUGARY QUARTZuVEIN AS THE MAIN ORE ZONE. DISSEMINATED GOLD ORE IN PYRITIC SCHISTOSE VOLCANIC ROCK SURROUNDING.u COARSE GOLD WAS RECOVERED FROM PANNING SMALL STREAM ONu PROPERTY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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