| Deposit ID | 10100204 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027127 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Scott Hill Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Miller Gold Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.69011, 35.85953 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 378 |
| Relative position | 4.0 KM ESE OF PERKINSVILLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Burke(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Morganton North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Burke |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES ANALYZED BY THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS. |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -81.69011, 35.85953 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeastward-Striking Foliation In Gneiss And Schist |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 W |
| Dip | 90 |
| Length | 100M |
| Width | 30M |
| Depth to bottom | 45M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Year of first production | 1850 |
| Year of last production | 1896 |
| District name | Morganton Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.4HA |
| Overall depth | 45M |
| Overall length | 118.87M |
| Overall width | 30M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027127 |
NITZE, H. B. C., AND WILKENS, H. A. J., 1897 , GOLD MINING IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT SOUTH APPALACHIAN REGIONS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 10 , P. 6B
HOLCOMB, MIKE, 1966 , ORAL COMMUN.
REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ - 242
NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 175 - 176 .
5) MINE IN MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1966 DIREXPL UNKNOWN
GEOLMAP KEITH, ARTHUR, AND STERRETT, D. B.
1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1800'S |
| Deposit | BIOTITE GNEISS UNIT IS PREDOMINANTLY LAYERED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | INFORMATION LACKING |
| Deposit | SOME QUARTZ VEINS STRIKE NORTH 35 DEGREES EAST, DIPS 35 DEGREES SOUTHEAST. ALSO N 50 DEGREES WEST |
| Deposit | TRACE OF GOLD, AND SOME GALENA, PYRITE, LIMONITE PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER PYRITE AND QUARTZ FOUND AT THE MINE. BANKS OF OPEN CUTS BARREN OF MINERALIZED ROCK |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1992 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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