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Parish Mine

Past Producer in Randolph 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  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 10026510
MRDS ID K005188
Record type Site
Current site name Parish Mine
Related records 10199828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.01645, 35.76287 (WGS84)
Relative position 11.6 MILES WEST OF ASHEBORO AND 13.8 MILES 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

Fair Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM 62500 SCALE MAP FROM LOCATIONS OF CARPENTER, 1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite-Actinolite, Sericite, Quartz

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.01645, 35.76287
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene-Trending Fault ?

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED SULFIDE IN WIDE PHYLLIC ALTERATION ZONE
    Length 57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK AT THE MINE IS GRAY PHYLLITE DEVELOPED FROM AMYGDALOIDAL MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND ALTERED ROCK COMPOSED OF QUARTZ, TREMOLITE, SERICITE, CHLORITE AND HEMATITE. THE ALTERED ROCK CONTAINS FINE-GRAINED DISSEMINATED PYRITE. MOST OF THE PYRITE HAS BEEN OXIDIZED TO LIMONITE AND HEMATITE. ALSO, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE FINE-GRAINED PYRITE AS WELL AS SOME TREMOLITE IN THE PHYLLITE. SOME BARREN, IRON-STAINED, MILKY QUARTZ IS ALSO PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. R. Briles
    First year 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 21M
    Overall length 52.12M
    Overall width 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN SHAFTS, THE DEEPEST OF WHICH IS 68 FT., ARE ON THE PROPERTY.

Comments on development

  • IN 1968, THE MINE WAS ON THE PROPERTY OF MR. F. A. BRILES WHO REPORTED THAT THE ORE WAS TAKEN TO THE JONES-KEYSTONE MINE FOR PROCESSING.

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

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA," NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 59, TEXT PG. 200, MINE SITE LOCATED ON DENTON TOPO QUAD AT 1: 62500

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR TO THE JONES-KEYSTONE AND KINDLEY. ALTERATION ANDuDISSEMINATED NATURE ARE UNIQUE. THESE MAY BE STRINGER ZONEuALTERATION FORM STRATABOUND MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
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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