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Miller Shaft

Past Producer in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089676
MRDS ID W028062
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.23423, 35.71537 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Relative position 2.7 KM NW OF SILVER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grist Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(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 Davidson

Comments on the location information

  • IN WESTERN CAROLINA SLATE BELT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL GOLD MINE IN QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING COMPACT SULFIDES WITH A TRACE OF COPPER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.23423, 35.71537
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly Stratabound Similar To Silver Hill Mine, Cid District.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Cid Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL PRODUCTION; SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE ON DUMP IN 1896

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW-GRADE GOLD REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on development

  • MILLER SHAFT 1.2 KM NORTH OF THE WELBORN MINE (SMITH NO. 1 SHAFT) AJ-011

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 68

  • Deposit

    MINE IN DENTON TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE

  • Production

    NITZE, 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "VEIN" 0.8 TO 1 M THICK
Deposit SAME MINERALIZED ZONE AS THE WELBORN (SMITH) MINE?
Deposit NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE WELBOURN (SMITH) MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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