| Deposit ID | 10079348 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028595 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pyler-Benfield Hiddenite-Emerald Pit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.08814, 35.9062 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 332 |
| Relative position | 0.5 KM NNE OF HIDDENITE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alexander(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hiddenite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Yadkin(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Alexander |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gemstone | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hiddenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | Biotite Gneiss and Schist |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1960 |
| Discoverer | Pyler Benfield |
| Year of first production | 1960 |
| District name | Hiddenite Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.3HA |
| Overall depth | 5M |
| Overall length | 68.58M |
| Overall width | 40M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028595 |
PIT LOCATED ON HIDDENITE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.
NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSER. AND DEVEL., 1958, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA SCALE 1:500,000.
D'AGOSTINO, J. P., 1979, PERSONAL OBSERVATION.
1980 COMPILE D'AGOSTINO, MINES MA
D'AGOSTINO, 1979
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFORMATION LACKING |
| Deposit | MICA GNEISS UNIT INCLUDES MICA SCHIST AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER GNEISSES AND SCHISTS, ALSO PEGMATITES AND INJECTIONS OF GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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