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Dowd 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026520
MRDS ID K005201
Record type Site
Current site name Dowd Mine
Related records 10273332

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.9045, 35.60593 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.1 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHEBORO AND 8.3 MILES NORTHWEST 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)

Birkhead Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • NATIONAL WILDERNESS AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO METALIZATION WAS NOTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.9045, 35.60593
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE WAS OPENED IN A HARD, DENSE, BLUE-GRAY RHYOLITIC FELDSPAR-PHYRIC FLOW. ON THE DUMPS, THERE IS A BLEACHED FRAGMENTAL ROCK WITH MINOR BIOTITE. BIOTITE AND MINOR MUSCOVITE PLATES ARE ALIGNED PARALLEL TO THE SHEARING. SOME FLOW BANDING IS APPARENT IN THE RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Birkhead Moutains Wilderness Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS TREND N 25 DEG E AND CONSIST OF MANY SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES IN A SMALL STREAM VALLEY. THERE IS A SMALL DRIFT AND ADIT IN A PIT NEAR THE STREAM. THE WORKINGS EXTEND FOR 400 FT. FROM THE STREAM S 20 DEG W. TOWARDS THE ROAD.

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Mc Daniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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