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Moratock Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026500
MRDS ID K005175
Record type Site
Current site name Moratock Mine
Related records 10176178

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.05034, 35.31566 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.5 MILE SOUTHWEST OF TROY AND 7.5 MILE NORTHWEST OF MOUNT GILEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(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

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

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) -80.05034, 35.31566
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FELSIC LITHIC - CRYSTAL TUFF IS SHEARED IN PLACES. CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, AND PYRITE ARE PRESENT IN SMALL AMOUNTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Albemarle Area/Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WAS FIRST OPERATED AS AN OPEN QUARRY. LATER A SHALLOW SHAFT WAS SUNK. A SERIES OF OPEN TRENCHES REMAINS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS 200 FT. LONG, 25 FT. WIDE AND 25 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LOW GRADE ORE RESULTED IN MINES ABANDONMENT.

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Mc Daniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

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