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Jacks Hill Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026490
MRDS ID K005162
Record type Site
Current site name Jacks Hill Mine
Related records 10224326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.92617, 35.96759 (WGS84)
Relative position 10.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO AND 1.8 MILES SOUTH 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

High Point East(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 Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

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 > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.92617, 35.96759
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 63 E
    Dip STEEP SE
    Width 5M
    Depth to top 23M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • GNESSIC GRANODIORITE AND GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK CONTAINS CHLORITE AND BIOTITE WITH SOME EPIDOTE FORMING DARK BANDS. PYRITE IS CONTAINED IN FRACTURES IN THE GRANITE. THE QUARTZ VEIN IS CLEAR TO MILKY AND BRECCIATED. MINERALS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEIN INCLUDE SIDERITE, SPECULARITE, CHLORITE, LIMONITE, HEMATITE, CALCITE, AND MALACHITE. THE SELVAGE IS COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF CHLORITE WITH CLAY MINERALS, ANKERITE, SERICITE, LIMONITE, AND EPIDOTE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1880

Mining district

District name Guilford County Copper District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 23M

Comments on the workings information

  • JACKS HILL MINE IS THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE NORTH STATE MINE. A SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE TOP OF A HILL TO A DEPTH OF 77 FT. VEIN WAS 17 FT. THICK IN THIS MINE. IN 1966 THE SHAFT WAS CHOKED AND CAVED. ONLY MINOR DUMPS REMAINED.

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.; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MCCULLOCH VEIN OR NORTH STATE VEIN CAN BE TRACED FOR 3 MILES.uFIVE-METERS THICK VEIN ENCOUNTERED IN THE JACKS HILL. EMMONSu1856.
Deposit CONTINUATION OF THE VEIN FROM THE NORTH STATE MINE

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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