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Burns Mine

Past Producer in Moore 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104194
MRDS ID RE00507
Record type Site
Current site name Burns Mine
Alternate or previous names Alred, Burns and Alred

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.6181, 35.42204 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.9 KM S 83 W OF INTERSECTION OF S.R. 1434 AND S.R. 1002

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(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 Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Silicic, Chlorite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.6181, 35.42204
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Subparallel To Cleavage (N 20-25 E Dipping 55 Nw)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 55 NW
    Thickness 10M
    Length 170M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1830
Year of last production 1916
Production years 1830-1880; 1894-95; 1906; 1915-1916

Mining district

District name Robbins District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15M
    Overall length 155.45M
    Overall width 30M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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