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Golconda 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026498
MRDS ID K005171
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.7756, 35.31232 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY AND 2.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANDOR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscoe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(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
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.7756, 35.31232
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK IS BLEACHED AND SHEARED. PYRITE IS CONTAINED IN QUARTZ VEIN AND IS DISSEMINATED ALONG ZONES IN THE SHEARED TUFF FOR A DISTANCE OF 15 M IN THE FOOTWALL (EAST SIDE) OF THE VEIN..

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1910

Mining district

District name Candor Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 46M
    Overall length 70.41M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN INCLINED SHAFT WAS CAVED AND LITTLE DUMP REMAINED IN 1966. FOUR OTHER SHAFTS ARE PRESENT, ONE IS 250 FT. NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN SHAFT. ANOTHER IS 150 FT. EAST OF THE MAIN SHAFT. TWO SHAFTS ARE WEST OF THE MAIN SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • MOST WORK WAS DONE AT THE MINE BETWEEN 1904 AND 1910.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON THE SAME VEIN AS THE UWARRA MINE, LYING EAST OF THE IOLAuVEIN, THE LARGEST PRODUCING VEIN IN THE DISTRICT.

Reporter information

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

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