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Cagle Mine

Past Producer in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055224
MRDS ID RE00508
Record type Site
Current site name Cagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Laurel Hill, Hancock, Talc

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.6081, 35.4251 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 KM N 10 W FROM INTERSECTION OF S.R. 1434 AND S.R. 1002

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(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 Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF ORE 0.25 OPT AU, 0.14 OPT AG
Result 1.9 OPT AU, 0.5 OPT AG
Result 1.3 OPT AU, 0.5 OPT AG
Result 0.4 OPT AU, TRACE AG
Result 0.3 OPT AU, TRACE
Result 0.35 OPT AU, 0.04 OPT AG
Result 2.3 OPT AU, 0.85 OPT AG
Result 0.2 OPT AU, 0.1 OPT AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.6081, 35.4251
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong N22-32 E Cleavage Dips 57 W, Is Parallel To Ore Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 27 E
    Dip 55
    Plunge NW
    Length 100M
    Width 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Deformed Quartz Stockwork

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ZONE IS IN QUARTZ VEIN STOCKWORK ZONE ALONG THE SAME TREND AS THEuSTANDARD MINERALS PYROPHYLLITE MINE TO THE SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Robbins District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 80M
    Overall length 83.21M

Comments on the workings information

  • BY 1888 THREE INCLINED SHAFTS TO 171, 180, AND 265 FEET. OPEN CUTS EXTEND 300 FEET ALONG STRIKE. DRIFTS EXTEND AT LEAST 200 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWESTERN MOST SHAFT. A 300 FOOT LONG OPEN CUT EXTENDS ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE MINERALIZATION. SIX OPEN CUTS ALONG THE VEIN WERE MINED TO A DEPTH OF 30 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    LUTTRELL, 1978

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B.,1896, GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3, P. 56. CONLEY, J.F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION; MINERAL RESEARCH BULLETIN 76, P. 25

  • Deposit

    POWERS, J., AND KLEIN, T.L., USGS, SITE VISI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINLETS IN STOCKWORK WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITEu IN SCHISTOSE PYROPHYLLITIC AND SERICITIC ROCKS. A 1 METERu THICK QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS ABUNDANT DISSEMINATED PYRITE.u PYRITE IS ALSO DISSEMINATED IN THE ADJACENT WALL ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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