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Secrest Occurrence

Occurrence in Union county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071295
MRDS ID W014615
Record type Site
Current site name Secrest Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.65591, 35.09122 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.65591, 35.09122
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.03M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY OF 30 CM THICK SEAM OF BROWN ORE IN A THIN QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING SULFIDES

Comments on development

  • AN OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, 200P

  • Production

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 0.4 KM WEST OF THE SECREST MINE.
Deposit 20 CM THICK GOSSAN AND 30 CM THICK QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

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

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