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Uharie 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098202
MRDS ID K005204
Record type Site
Current site name Uharie Mine
Alternate or previous names Uwharrie Mine
Related records 10176120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.93339, 35.55399 (WGS84)
Relative position 12.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHEBORO AND 8.9 MILES WEST OF SEAGROVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eleazer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(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)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Silicification, Biotite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Uwharrie Formation
    Rock description Uwharrie Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.93339, 35.55399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Trending N 38 E.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 38 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Width 10M
    Depth to bottom 110M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE WAS OPENED IN A SHEAR ZONE IN BLUE-GRAY FLOW-BANDED RHYOLITE. RHYOLITE, WHICH CONTAINS A FEW LITHIC FRAGMENTS, HAS BEEN SILICIFIED AND CONTAINS FINELY DISSEMINATED BIOTITE AND PYRITE WITH MINOR SERICITE AND CHLORITE. CALCITE STRINGERS ARE ABUNDANT. FREE GOLD WAS UNCOMMON IN THIS DEPOSIT. ALTERED METAGABBRO DIKE ROCK, SHEARED IN PLACES AND SILICIFIED, IS ALSO FOUND ON THE DUMPS. PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE ARE SMEARED ALONG SOME FRACTURES.u QUARTZ VEINS ARE RARE IN THIS DEPOSIT. ORE ZONE IS HEAVILY CARBONATED ANDu IN FRACTURES AND STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1857

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 110M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE PROPERTY TO A DEPTH OF 110VM WITH DRIFTS AT THREE LEVELS (100, 200, AND 300 FEET). IN 1968, THE MAIN SHAFT WAS CAVED AT THE COLLAR AND FILLED WITH WATER TO WITHIN 20 FT. OF THE SURFACE. MANY SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES WERE AROUND THE MAIN SHAFT. MILL SITE WAS LOCATED TO THE NORTH-EAST ALONG THE FLOODPLAIN. CHILEAN MILLSTONE PRESENT IN SMALL VALLEY IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH.

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE WAS APPARENTLY MOST ACTIVE DURING THE PERIOD AROUND 1887.

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 DEPOSIT HAS UNKNOWN LENGTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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