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Laughlin Mine

Past Producer in Randolph 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071262
MRDS ID W014553
Record type Site
Current site name Laughlin Mine
Alternate or previous names Delph, Delft, Delk, Lytton, Empire, Miller, Brown Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.04117, 35.72065 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denton(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 Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Cid Formation
    Rock description Cid Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.04117, 35.72065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN 10-15CM THICK TRENDS N70E; COUNTRY ROCK IS HIGHLY SHEARED SERICITICALLY-ALTERED MAFICuTUFF. NO FRESH SULFIDE MINERALS. GROSSLY SIMILAR TO THE JONES-KEYSTONEuMINE WHICH LIES TO THE NORTH-EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • HAULAGE TUNNEL DRIVEN AT S 62 W AND 23O FEET LONG INTERSECTS ORE SHOOT. LARGE OPEN CUT (55 X 70 FT) IS 30 FEET DEEP. DRIFT STARTED OF FROM OPEN CUT AT N 75 E. SEVERAL OTHER OPEN CUTS AND SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N. C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SEC., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:225,000 PG. 109, MINE TEXT PG 110, 111, TEXT 166 PG.; NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 59, 60, TEXT 200 PG.; MINE SITE LOCATED ON DENTON TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTREMELY SERICITIC HOST ROCK CONTAINING BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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