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Miller Shaft

Producer in Rowan 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071279
MRDS ID W014580
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Shaft
Related records 10199515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.34423, 35.51177 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rowan(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Rowan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcite, Chlorite, Sericite

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) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.34423, 35.51177
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone; N 25 E Deg Trending, 75-80 Deg Nw Dip

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25-35 E
    Dip 75-80 NW
    Depth to bottom 133M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Shear Zone Concordant To Regional Shear Fabric

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1854
Year of first production 1854

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PROBABLY COMBINED WITH THE BARNHARDT SHAFT OF THE GOLD HILL MINING COMPANY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 133M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT CONNECTS TO JOHNSTON SHAFT (54M SW) AT THE 19M LEVEL; BARNHARDT SHAFT (133M SW) ON THE 133M LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • ONE OF 5 SHAFTS TO BE OPERATED BY THE GOLD HILL MINING COMPANY. PRODUCTION PROBABLY COMBINED WITH BARNHARDT MINE ($730,000) (AT $20/OZ AU).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MAP AT 1:15,625 PL. VI, MINE TEXT PG. 85 TO 88, TEXT 200 PG.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P.A., 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:31,000 PG. 126, MINE TEXT PG. 128, TEXT 166 PG. MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON THE SAME VEIN AS THE BARNHARDT SHAFT OF THE GOLD HILL MINING COMPANY.

Reporter information

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

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