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Star Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026497
MRDS ID K005170
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Reynolds Mine
Related records 10152006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.83645, 35.38982 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.1 MILES WEST OF STAR AND 3.9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TROY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(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 Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Chloritization, Carbonatization, And Sericitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.83645, 35.38982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Depth to top 18M
    Depth to bottom 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE IS SITUATED IN A 6-8 FT. WIDE FAULT ZONE THAT HAS BEEN SERICITIZED AND SILICIFIED. THE FAULT STRIKES N 33 DEG E AND DIPS 45 DEG-50 DEG NORTHWEST. METALLIC MINERALS PRESENT IN THE FAULT ZONE INCLUDE PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, MINOR BORNITE, CHALCOCITE AND GOLD TELLURIDE. QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN AURIFEROUS PYRITE, MINOR CHALCOCITE, SPECULARITE, MOLYBDENITE AND FERRIMOLYBDITE ON FRACTURES. THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRAY ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCK. GANGUE CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF QUARTZ, CHLORITE, SERICITE AND CALCITE.u VEIN STRIKES N 25 E IN WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1851
Discoverer E. Reynolds
Year of first production 1851
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the production information

  • THIS ESTIMATE COMBINES THE REYNOLDS AND THE STAR ESTIMATES (18000 AND 1000 OZ RESPECTIVELY)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE SHAFT FOLLOWS A FAULT ZONE DOWN DIP WITH DRIFTS ALONG THE ZONE AT 108.5 FT., 150 FT. AND 271 FEET FROM THE COLLAR.

Comments on development

  • THE MINE WAS ORIGINALLY OPERATED IN THE 1800'S AS THE REYNOLDS MINE AND A SHAFT WAS DEVELOPED TO 80 FT. SOME OPEN CUT WORK WAS DONE AT THE MINE IN 1954 AND 1955. AT THIS TIME THE MINE BECAME KNOWN AS THE STAR MINE. IN 1958 OR 1959, EXPLORATION WAS CONTINUED ON THE PROPERTY WITH A SHAFT BEING DEVELOPED. THE LAST REPORTED PRODUCTION AT THE MINE WAS IN 1963. LARGE AMOUNT OF FRESH DUMP MATERIAL REMAINS NEAR SHAFT.

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.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 213, 156 P.

  • Production

    LUTTRELL, 1978 USGS OPE-FILE REPORT 78-152

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY THE SAME VEIN THAT IS AT THE CARTER MINE TO THEuSOUTHWEST AND CAN BE SEEN ON THAT PROJECTION ALONG A RAILROAD CUTuBETWEEN THE TWO MINES. THE STRIKE OF THE MAJOR STRUCTURE IS ABOUT N 50 E AS INFERRED BY THEuPROJECTION.uOF THOSE THREE POINTS. THE VEIN MAY PINCH AND SWELL BUT COULDuBE CONTINUOUS FOR ABOUT 2.5 MILES. BETWEEN THE TWO MINES.

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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