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Sedberry 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026501
MRDS ID K005176
Record type Site
Current site name Sedberry Mine
Related records 10249057

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.87839, 35.26593 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANDOR AND 6.4 MILES SOUTH OF TROY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO METALIZATION NOTED IN TUFF OR ARGILLITE DUMP MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Uwharrie Formation
    Rock description Uwharrie Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.87839, 35.26593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK, A FELSIC TUFF, IS SHEARED AND BRECCIATED IN PLACES. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ARGILLITE IS PRESENT. THE TUFF STRIKES N 15 DEG W AND JOINTS IN THE TUFF ARE COATED WITH YELLOWISH-BROWN BIOTITE. NO METALLIZATION WAS NOTED IN THE TUFF OR ARGILLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE MAIN SHAFTS, TWO OF WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A TRENCH. THE THIRD SHAFT IS 15 FT. SOUTH OF THE OTHER SHAFTS. TOGETHER, THE SHAFTS FORM A LINE TRENDING NORTH-SOUTH. SEVERAL SMALLER PITS ARE FARTHER SOUTH UP THE HILL. SOME DUMP MATERIAL REMAINS AT THE MINE SITE. THE WORKINGS ARE CONSIDERABLY OVERGROWN.

Comments on development

  • FROM NOTES OF C.B. BROWN, 1934.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF THIN QUARTZ VEINS 1 CM THICK.

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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