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Jones and Laughlin Prospect

Occurrence in Randolph 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 10026504
MRDS ID K005181
Record type Site
Current site name Jones and Laughlin Prospect
Related records 10176119

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.96367, 35.78815 (WGS84)
Relative position 10.2 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHEBORO AND 9.3 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF RANDLEMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.96367, 35.78815
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECTING WAS CARRIED OUT IN A QUARTZ VEIN ENCLOSED BY A GRAY-GREEN TO BLACK, PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE. THE QUARTZ IS FRACTURED AND HEALED WITH SILICA AND CONTAINS PYRITE ALTERING TO LIMONITE IN THE FRACTURES. PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE AFTER PYRITE ARE ALSO IN THE FRACTURES. THE RHYOLITE IS FRACTURED, AND THE PHENOCRYSTS, NOW ALTERED, WERE PROBABLY ORTHOCLASE. MINOR FELSIC TUFFS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1967, ONE PARTIALLY FILLED SHAFT WAS ALL THAT REMAINED ON THE PROPERTY. ONLY PROSPECTING WORK WAS CARRIED OUT HERE.

Comments on development

  • ONLY PROSPECT WORK WAS CARRIED OUT HERE.

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

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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