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Spoon 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026515
MRDS ID K005195
Record type Site
Current site name Spoon Mine
Alternate or previous names Pee Dee Mine
Related records 10224218

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.71088, 35.67787 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.2 MILES EAST - SOUTHEAST OF ASHEBORO AND 5.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAMSEUR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramseur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.71088, 35.67787
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Meatmorphic Foliation
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-West Trending Alteration Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DUMP MATERIAL AT THE MINE IS PRIMARILY CHLORITE-SERICITE PHYLLITE WITH MINOR KAOLIN. MASSIVE, VUGGY, BULL QUARTZ WITH MANGANESE COATING IS ALSO PRESENT. MINOR CHLORITE AND SERICITE OCCUR IN THE QUARTZ. FINELY DISSEMINATED PYRITE, POSSIBLY AURIFEROUS, IS IN THE PHYLLITE.

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SPOON SHAFT HAS BEEN FILLED AND LITTLE DUMP REMAINS. 30 M SHAFT CONNECTED TO 200 FEET OF DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • THE SPOON MINE WAS A PRODUCER IN THE EARLY 1920'S.

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.; PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LIES BETWEEN THE ADVANCED ARGILLIC ALTERATION CENTERS AT PILOT MOUNTAIN AND FOX-IRON MOUNTAIN. ; INFO.SRC : KLEIN TL USGS SITE VISIT

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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