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Pritchard Mine

Past Producer in Randolph 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098200
MRDS ID K005191
Record type Site
Current site name Pritchard Mine
Alternate or previous names Pritchett Mine
Related records 10248531, 10273118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.79866, 35.71898 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHEBORO AND 1.4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALFOUR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Asheboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(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 Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.79866, 35.71898
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WORKINGS WERE IN AN ALLUVIAL TERRACE NEAR A STREAM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF PLACER DIGGINGS ALONG A STREAM IN AN ALLUVIAL TERRACE.

Comments on development

  • THE MINE WAS REPORTEDLY OPERATED FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND DID NOT SHOW A PROFIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RE00544 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Mc Daniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

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