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Allen Mine

Past Producer in Moore 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084176
MRDS ID W101197
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.61505, 35.42427 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.7 KM N 80W OF INTERSECTION OF S.R. 1434 AND S.R. 1002

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Silicic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.61505, 35.42427
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Metamorphic Cleavage N 8 E Dipping 60-75 W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 90M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE ACCOMPANIES SILICIFICATION IN SERICITIZED RHYOLITE LAPILLI TUFF. OREuZONE AND REGIONAL CLEAVAGE ARE NEARLY PARALLEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robbins District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12M
    Overall length 82.3M
    Overall width 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT WAS FROM A 12 M SHAFT WITH STRIKE-PARALLEL DRIFTS. FOUR LARGE PITS WITH THE LARGEST BEING 25 X 10 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 76

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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