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Goliham Mine

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026519
MRDS ID K005200
Record type Site
Current site name Goliham Mine
Alternate or previous names Smith
Related records 10176135

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.76921, 35.61288 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.0 MILES SOUTH - SOUTHEAST OF ASHEBORO AND 5.0 MILES NORTH OF SEAGROVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seagrove(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO METALIZATION WAS NOTED IN 1968

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.76921, 35.61288
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PITS WERE OPENED IN A SHEARED QUARTZ-SERICITE ALTERED FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCK CONTAINING FELDSPAR ALTERING TO CLAY. SHEARS IN THE ROCK STRIKE N 30 E AND DIP VERTICALLY. IRON, AFTER CHLORITE (?) OR BIOTITE (?), STAINS VUGS. NO METALLIZATION WAS NOTED IN 1968.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TEN SHALLOW PITS TRENDING N 40 E AND A TRENCH TRENDING N 50 W.

Comments on development

  • NO PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED FROM THE MINE.

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-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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