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Moore Mine-Blue Shaft

Past Producer in Union county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026528
MRDS ID K005232
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Mine-Blue Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.5923, 35.14622 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 6.5 MI. NORTHEAST OF INDIAN TRAIL AND 6.2 MI. NORTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Union

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ VEIN 1.7M THICK ENCLOSED BY ANDESITE SHEARED TO CHLORITE - SERICITE - PHYLLITE WITH SCHISTOSITY STRIKING N 50 DEGREES E AND DIP 85 DEGREES NW; QUARTZ VEIN NEARLY CONFORMABLE TO SCHISTOSITY; GOLD ORE ZONE 10 CM THICK CALCITE LAYER ALONG HANGING WALL BEARING NATIVE GOLD; QUARTZ VEIN AND SILICIFIED PHYLLITE ZONE CONTAIN PYRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE; ONE SHAFT TO 27M; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES DRILLED TWO HOLES IN AREA IN 1954; ANALYSIS SHOW LESS THAN 0.1 PERCENT COPPER OR ZINC; BROWN MINERAL, PROBABLY SIDERITE ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE; THREE ASSAYS OF GOLD ORES SHOW A GOLD RANGE OF $8.27 TO $124.02 PER TON WITH GOLD AT $20.00 PER OUNCE AND A SILVER RANGE OF $1.52 TO $116.86 PER TON WITH SILVER AT $1.29 PER OUNCE; ANOTHER DEEPER SHAFT, THE WENTZ SHAFT, 0.5 KM TO SSE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Calcitic, Chloritic, Sericitic

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS 0.4 AU, 1.17 AG OPT
Result 1.0 AU, 1.8 AG OPT
Result 6.0 AU, 90 AG OPT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Albemarle Group
    Rock description Albemarle Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.5923, 35.14622
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein May Be Along Faulted Contact Between Metabasalt And Argillite

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip NW
    Width 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quart Vein Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE WAS OPENED IN QUARTZ VEINS ENCLOSED BY FINE GRAINED, DEEP GREEN, ANDESITE. IN MOST PLACES NEAR THE QUARTZ VEINS, THE ANDESITE HAS BEEN SHEARED TO CHLORITE-SERICITE PHYLLITE. COMMONLY, FRAGMENTS OF PHYLLITE ARE IN THE VEIN QUARTZ. SILICIFIED PHYLLITE AT THE BLUE SHAFT CONTAINED GALENA, SPHALERITE AND PYRITE WITH MINOR CHALCOPYRITE INTERGROWN WITH PYRITE. WEATHERED SURFACES OF SOME ROCKS WERE COATED WITH MALACHITE.u OPEN VUGS OCCUR IN THE QUARTZ VEIN. SOME ORE IS CONTAINED WITHIN AN 8 CM THICK CALCITE-RICH ZONE WITHIN 1.5 M THICK QUARTZu VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1890
Production years 1890-1910

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Paschal Clontz

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24M

Comments on development

  • LITTLE WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE 1910.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE AND HANNA, 1896

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P. A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 84, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 213, 156 P.

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, 200P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS CONFORMABLE TO SCHISTOSITY. BLUE SHAFT IS ON THE NO.1uVEIN (WESTERNMOST).

Reporter information

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