Lowdermilk Prospect

Past Producer in Randolph county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099354
MRDS ID RE00529
Record type Site
Current site name Lowdermilk Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mcadoo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.82477, 35.61316 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seagrove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(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 Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Uwharrie
    Rock description Uwharrie
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.82477, 35.61316

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Siliceous Zone In Bedded Felsic Tuff

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICEOUS, BEDDED, SILTY SILICEOUS TUFF CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRITE. ONLYuSAPROLITE WAS PROSPECTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Asheboro

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Adoo

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS 6 AND 7 M DEEP IN 1934 (C.B. BROWN)

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN THE LATE 1920'S OR EARLY 1930'S FOR A FEW YEARS USING LOG WASHER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.B., 1934, USGS UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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