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Fisher Hill Mine

Past Producer in Guilford county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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 10026442
MRDS ID K005073
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Millis Willis, Hill, And Puckett Mines-On Same 900 Acre Tract. Fisher Hill Northernmost Of, Group
Related records 10248824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.82727, 35.99898 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.4 MI SOUTH - SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO AND 6.1 MI EAST OF JAMESTOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guilford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pleasant Garden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(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 Guilford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite, Carbonate

Analytical data

Result 3 OPT FOR GOLD ORE "AVERAGE"

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.82727, 35.99898
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Flat Faults And Shears

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND TABULAR
    Strike N 0 DEG E
    Dip 15 DEG
    Plunge direction UNKNOWN
    Length 1600M
    Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz-Carbonate Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS FOLIATED IN PLACES WITH DISSEMINATED BORNITE (?), CHALCOCITE (?), AND MAGNETITE, LOCALLY ALTERED TO HEMATITE. BIOTITE LINEATION IN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND RECRYSTALLIZATION OF QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR INDICATE SHEARING. QUARTZ VEINS ARE SHEARED IN PLACES AND WITH FRACTURES CONTAINING CHLORITE AND SERICITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1856
Year of first production 1856

Mining district

District name Guilford County Copper District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 75M
    Overall depth 55M
    Overall length 800M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MAJOR GROUPS OF QUARTZ VEINS ARE PRESENT IN THE AREA OF THE FISHER HILL, MILLIS HILL AND PUCKET MINES. ORE BODY VARIED FROM 4 IN. TO 10 FT.

Comments on development

  • MANY PITS AND SHAFTS CHOKED OR FILLED WITH DEBRIS WERE PRESENT AT THE MINE SITE IN 1966. THE MAIN WORKINGS TREND NORTH-SOUTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    E. EMMONS, 1856.

  • 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.; EMMONS, E., 1856, GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE MIDLAND COUNTIES: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL N-S AND SUBORDINANT NE-TRENDING VEINS SYSTEMS. DIP DIRECTIONuUNKNOWN. FISHER HILL HAD RELATIVELY LOW COPPER CONCENTRATION;uCOPPER INCREASED TO THE SOUTH IN THE MILLIS, HILL, AND PUCKETTuMINES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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