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H H Mine

Past Producer in Halifax county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084269
MRDS ID W101508
Record type Site
Current site name H H Mine
Alternate or previous names House

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.91804, 36.19647 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Essex(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke Rapids(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norfolk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fishing(hydrologic unit)

Pamlico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM 1:24000 MAPS WITH LOCATIONS GIVEN BY CARPENTER (1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritic, Epidotitic, Carbonate

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.91804, 36.19647
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 90M
    Width 18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz-Carbonate Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED, SERICITIZED FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCK CONTAINS QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEIN.u COUNTRY ROCK IS ALTERED TO CHLORITE, EPIDOTE AND CALCITE. GALENA IS INu PODS WITHIN QUARTZ VEIN; PYRITE FILLS FRACTURES IN THE QUARTZ VEIN AND ISu YOUNGER THAN GALENA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1953-1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 82.3M
    Overall width 18M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE WATER-FILLED PIT (IN 1966)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SECTION, BULLETIN 84, P. 37-38. P. 72-73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE INFERRED FROM TREND OF OPEN PIT

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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