Troutman Mine

Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10071289
MRDS ID W014602
Record type Site
Current site name Troutman Mine
Alternate or previous names Trautman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.34535, 35.49621 (WGS84)
Relative position 8.3 MI NORTHEAST OF MT. PLEASANT AND 1.9 MI SOUTH OF GOLD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(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 Cabarrus

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite 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) -80.34535, 35.49621

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Filling Shear (N 60 E); Shear Foliation N 10 E, 75w.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.02M
    Depth to bottom 34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Minor Shear ? Not Parallel To Regional Fault; Stratiform Following Bedding?

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK FOLIATION STRIKES N 10 DEG E AND DIPS 75 DEG NORTHWEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1842
Year of first production 1842

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE OF ORE, ORE VOLUME, AND RECOVERY UNKNOWN; VEIN REPORTEDLY HAS YIELDED $400,000, PROBABLY MOSTLY IN GOLD AT $20.00 PER OUNCE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 34M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND MANY TRENCHES

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 PG. 86, PL. VI, MINE TEXT PG. 88, 89, TEXT 200 PG.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 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 1:165,000 PG. 27, MINE TEXT PG. 38, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT; U.S. GEOL, SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.

  • Production

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALOGY AND DISCORDANCY TO SHEAR FOLIATION SUGGEST THIS MAYuBE A VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE OR A MIXED ORIGIN.

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

Beyond USGS

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