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Clegg-Wright Mine

Past Producer in Moore 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. 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 10055227
MRDS ID RE00512
Record type Site
Current site name Clegg-Wright Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.61421, 35.4301 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.9 KM N36W OF 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.61421, 35.4301
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK IN PODS AND LENSES
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Length 70M
    Width 4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anastomosing Thin Quartz Veinlets

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIMILAR TO THE CAGLE MINE. SERICITIZED AND SILICIFIED RHYOLITE CRYSTAL TUFFuRETAINS RECOGNIZABLE VOLCANIC TEXTURES. LESS ALTERED THAN THE BURNS, ALLEN,uRED HILL AND CAGLE MINES THAT LIE TO THE SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robbins Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 73.15M
    Overall width 25M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE LARGE OPEN CUT 65 M LONG, 20 M WIDE AND 10 M DEEP. CIRCULAR PIT 15 M IN DIAMETER AND 13 M DEEP. TWO CAVED SHAFTS REPORTED TO BE 39 AND 34 M DEEP. BEGAN AS AN OPEN-CUT MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARREN QUARTZ VEINS CROSSCUT THE FOLIATION AND THE TREND OF THEuGOLD DEPOSIT. SILICEOUS ZONES (VEINS) ARE LOCALLY CONFORMABLEuTO CLEAVAGE AND ALSO FORM LOCAL STOCKWORKS.

Reporter information

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

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