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Cotton Mine

Past Producer in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055229
MRDS ID RE00514
Record type Site
Current site name Cotton Mine
Alternate or previous names Donaldson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.51171, 35.46593 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 KM N 55 W OF INTERSECTION S.R. 1487 AND N.C. 22

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
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic, Potash Feldspar

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.51171, 35.46593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 20M
    Width 4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 15 Cm Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE TUFFS ARE MODERATELY SERICITIZED, SOME CONTAIN CHLORITE. PRESERVED TEXTURES SUGGEST THAT WELDED ASH FLOW TUFFS MAY BE PRESENT. SILICAuREPLACEMENT OCCURS ONLY NEAR THE VEINS. CLEAVAGE STRIKES N 52 E AND DIPS 22uNW.

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
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 25M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR PIT 30 M LONG 25 M WIDE AND 10 M DEEP. 4 SMALL CIRCULAR PITS 1-7 M DEEP.

Comments on development

  • PLACERS IN THE NEARBY STREAM WERE WORKED IN THE LATE 1850'S AND EARLY 1860'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IMMEDIATELY SOUTHWEST OF MCCONNEL PYROPHYLLITE PROSPECT

Reporter information

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

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