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Ore Hill Mine

Past Producer in Union county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026534
MRDS ID K005245
Record type Site
Current site name Ore Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Ore Hill Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.69119, 35.0365 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3 MI. SOUTH OF INDIAN TRAIL AND 9 MI. NORTHWEST OF MONROE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Matthews(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE NATIVE GOLD OF LOW QUALITY IN QUARTZ VEINLETS AND VEINS FROM 0.3M TO 2M THICK IN A SYSTEM OF CROSS-FISSURES WITH STRIKES S 33 DEGREES E AND DIP 57 DEGREES NE; COUNTRY ROCK BEDDED ARGILLITE SHEARED TO SERICITE PHYLLITE NEAR THE VEINS; SOME SILICIFIED PHYLLITE NEAR VEINS; WORKINGS IN MINE AREA CONSIST OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AS MUCH AS 27M DEEP, AND TRENCHES, ALONG RIDGE CREST THAT TRENDS N 15 DEGREES E; GOLD OCCURS IN NARROW PARALLEL SEAMS LESS THAN 5 CM IN THICKNESS WITH LIMONITE AND WAD ABOVE THE WATER TABLE, FRESH SULFIDES BELOW; WATER TABLE IN AREA USUALLY 13M TO 17M BELOW SURFACE; COUNTRY ROCK VERY PYRIFEROUS, AS MUCH AS ONE OR TWO PERCENT, AND CONTAINS GALENA; MINE IN GOLD-BEARING ZONE OF DISCONTINUOUS SHEARS 5 KM LONG AND 0.8 KM WIDE, TRENDING NORTHEAST, THAT WAS MINED IN MANY PLACES TO SHALLOW DEPTH FOR RICH NATIVE GOLD POCKETS; THE PHIFER GOLD MINE NEARLY ADJOINS THE ORE HILL GOLD MINE TO THE NORTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Lenses In Wide Zone Of Sericitic Alteration

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.69119, 35.0365
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest-Trending Discordant Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 33 W
    Dip 57 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE WAS OPENED IN QUARTZ STRINGERS ASSOCIATED WITH SILICEOUS ZONES IN SERICITICALLY ALTERED ARGILLITE. THE VEINS ARE MILKY QUARTZ WHICH IS IRON STAINED AND CONTAIN VUGS LINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE. SHEARED PHYLLITE CROSSCUT BY QUARTZ VEINLETS FORMS THE COUNTRY ROCK ADJACENT TO THE QUARTZ VEINS AND SILICEOUS MATERIAL. GALENA, SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED.u A SYSTEM OF DISCORDANT STRINGERS IS REPORTED TO TREND N 33 W AND DIP 57u DEGREES TO THE NORTHEAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Monroe Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS DEEP PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE CAVED, FORMING A LINE TRENDING N 15 DEG W

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

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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