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Morris Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  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 10026495
MRDS ID K005168
Record type Site
Current site name Morris Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Davis Or Dutton Mine
Related records 10273631

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.03728, 35.4826 (WGS84)
Relative position .7 MILE NORTHWEST OF ELDORADO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS 0.17 OPT AU, 0.52 AG
Result 0.12 OPT AU, TRACE AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.03728, 35.4826
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone In Argillite, Near Contact With Flow Banded Rhyolite

Ore body information

  • General form QUARTZ STRINGERS IN FRACTURE ZONE
    Strike N 28-43 E
    Dip 53-64 NW
    Length 30M
    Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Stringers In Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IS LOCATED IN ARGILLITE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH RHYOLITE. DUMP CONTAINSuSOME DARK GREEN, VERY FINE GRAINED GABBROIC DIKE ROCK. QUARTZ STRINGERS INuTWO ZONES ARE CONTROLLED BY ONE PROMINANT JOINT SET (DIPPING 56 SE).uBEDDING IS N 28-36 E; DIPPING 53-63 NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1910

Mining district

District name Albemarle Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Louis Dunkard

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 33M
    Overall length 35.66M
    Overall width 12M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TRENCH 100 FT. LONG, 15 FT. WIDE, AND 30 FT. DEEP WAS OPENED ON THE PROPERTY, AND A 10 FT. SHAFT IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE TRENCH. THE TRENCH IS CUT OBLIQUE TO THE STRIKE OF THE COUNTRY ROCK. A SMALL PROSPECT PIT IS 50 FT. EAST OF THE TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE AND HANNA, 1896

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MINERALIZED ZONES (1) N 28-35 DEG E 53-64 W, 3 M WIDE. (2) N 40 Eu1.5 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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