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Hemby Mine

Producer in Union county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071304
MRDS ID W014626
Record type Site
Current site name Hemby Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.68313, 35.05178 (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
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.68313, 35.05178
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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 Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25-45 E
    Dip VERT
    Length 500M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ-SIDERITE VEINS IN SHEAR ZONES WITH N25-45E VERTICAL DIP. ZONE IS 0.5KMuLONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ORE VOLUME, ORE GRADE AND GOLD RECOVERY UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW-GRADE GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 34M
    Overall length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 34M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.; MINE SITE IN MATTHEWS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Production

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN MINERALIZED ZONE 5KM LONG 0.8KM WIDE

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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