| Deposit ID | 10071291 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014606 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brown Hill Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Harkness Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.65924, 35.05372 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 8.0 MI NORTHWEST OF MONROE AND 1.7 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF INDIAN TRAIL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Union(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Matthews(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Union |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -80.65924, 35.05372 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Discontinuous Shear Zones In A Zone 5 Km By 0.8 Km |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7M |
| Length | 100M |
| Depth to bottom | 40M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Carolina Slate Belt |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014606 |
NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 100 TO 103, TEXT 200 PG.
CARPENTER, III, P.A., 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:185,000 PG. 139, MINE TEXT PG. 140, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN MATTHEWS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948 GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COARSE GOLD IS IN NARROW PARALLEL SEAMS LESS THAN 5 CM THICK. QUARTZ VEIN FROM 1 TO 7 M THICK. HOST ROCKuCONTAINS 1-2% DISSEMINATED PYRITE. FRESH SULFIDES BELOW WATERuTABLE. |
| Deposit | UNCLEAR WHETHER LOCATION IS BROWN OR HARKNESS MINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1976 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1976 | Mcdaniel, Ronald D. | North Carolina Division of Land Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1992 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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