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Gray 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026512
MRDS ID K005192
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.84784, 35.70842 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.9 MILES WEST OF ASHEBORO AND 7.0 MILES SOUTH - 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

Asheboro(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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ORE MINERALS OBSERVED IN 1968.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Biotite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.84784, 35.70842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 80 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS SHEARED AND IRON STAINED AND CONTAINS INCLUSIONS OF CHLORITE, PYRITE AND BIOTITE. MAGNETITE, PYRITE AND BLEBS OR CLOTS OF CHLORITE ARE IN THE BANDED TUFF, AND HEMATITE STAINS MANY FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30M
    Overall depth 7M
    Overall width 14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE CONSISTS OF A CLUSTER OF 6 PITS AND A FEW TRENCHES. THE MINE MAY HAVE STARTED AS A PLACER DEPOSIT IN AN INTERMITTENT STREAM.

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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