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Sam Christian Placer

Past Producer in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079144
MRDS ID W028067
Record type Site
Current site name Sam Christian Placer
Alternate or previous names Dry Hollow, Sam Christian Cut, California Cut

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.02839, 35.23371 (WGS84)
Elevation 90
Relative position 3.2 KM NNW OF MOUNT GILEAD; PLACER LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Gilead West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(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 Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.02839, 35.23371
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Contact Of Uwharrie And Tillery Formations

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aluvial Placer Draining Area Of Widely Spaced Quartz

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of last production 1893

Mining district

District name Albemarle Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sam Christian Mining Co., London, England.

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF NATIVE GOLD IN POCKETS IN CHANNELS OF BURIED GRAVELS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS SUNK ON 1 TO 8 CM THICK WIDELY SPACES QUARTZ VEINS; BURIED GRAVEL BEDS SLUICED FOR NUGGETS AND COARSE GOLD; BEDROCK MINING UNSUCCESSFUL.

Comments on development

  • TRACT CONTAINS 1,286 ACRES; CHANNELS KNOWN AS DRY HOLLOW, SAM CHRISTIAN CUT, AND CALIFORNIA CUT. THICK SOILD SLUICED BY 50 CM IRON PIPE REACHING 4 KM TO THE PEE DEE RIVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BUL. NO. 3, P 80-83

  • Production

    NITZE, 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD CHANNELS IN GRAVELS 0.3 TO 1 M THICK DEEPLY COVERED BY SOILS
Deposit SLATES STRIKE FROM N 5 W TO N 20 E AND DIP FROM 45 SW TO 30 NW AND MAY BE VERTICAL IN PLACES.
Deposit SYNONYMS MAY BE LISTED IN LITERATURE SEPARATELY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 D'Agostino, J.P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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