Copple, Spencer and Ruth Gold Placer #2

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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110443
MRDS ID W014556
Record type Site
Current site name Copple, Spencer and Ruth Gold Placer #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.00978, 35.79176 (WGS84)
Relative position 12.6 MI NORTHWEST OF ASHEBORO AND 12 MILES WEST - SOUTHWEST OF RANDLEMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fair Grove(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 Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.00978, 35.79176

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL FILL AND BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N. C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SEC., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:225,000 PG. 109, MINE TEXT PG. 110, TEXT 166 PG; STREAM ON TOPO QUAD FAIR GROVE AT 1:24,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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