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Peters Mine

Past Producer in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055331
MRDS ID RE00638
Record type Site
Current site name Peters Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.23507, 35.69315 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grist Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(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 Davidson

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonate, Sericite, Silicic

Analytical data

Result GOLD ASSAYS FROM 0.5 TO 1.1 OPT IN FREE-MILLING ORE

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.23507, 35.69315
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 130M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERICITE SCHIST DEVELOPED FROM HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND SHEARING OFuLAMINATED MUDSTONE IS HOST TO A SERIES OF NE-TRENDING QUARTZ VEINS. VEINSuARE 1-2M THICK AND CONTAIN FREE-MILLING GOLD DOWN TO THE BASE OF WEATHERINGu(20 M).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1830
Year of last production 1904
Production years 1861-1865, 1901-1904

Mining district

District name Cid District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 26M
    Overall length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS, OLD NORTH SHAFT (50 FT DEEP), NEW SHAFT (85 FT. DEEP) AND THE OLD SOUTH SHAFT (60 FT. DEEP) CONNECT AT THE 60 FT. LEVEL. NEW SHAFT IS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTINUOUS WITH THE CROSS MINE TO THE SOUTHWEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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