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Southern Copper Company Mine

Producer in Rowan county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  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 10071282
MRDS ID W014585
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Copper Company Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.34868, 35.51093 (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 Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) 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) -80.34868, 35.51093
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Parallel And At Acute Angles To Regional Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25-35 E
    Dip 80
    Plunge direction NW
    Depth to bottom 65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins More Or Less Parallel To Shear Fabric; Stratibound Massive Sulfide Layer

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD WAS PRODUCED FROM QUARTZ VEIN. NEARBY CU-RICH MASSIVE SULFIDE WASuINTERSECTED DURING DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCED LITTLE GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Gold And Copper Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Probably Resident Mr. Linker

Comments on the production information

  • ORE VOLUME, ORE GRADE AND GOLD AND COPPER RECOVERY UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 65M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MAJOR SHAFTS DEEPEST TO 65 M. ONE OTHER ON SITE MAY BE INCLINE. MANY PITS ARE PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 129, 130, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000; LANEY, F.B. 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 21

  • Production

    LANEY, 1910; CARPENTER, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION IS GIVEN APPROXIMATELY FOR THE GOLD-QUARTZ DEPOSITS.u LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE MASSIVE SULFIDE IS AVAILABLE.

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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