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Harney Mine

Occurrence in Randolph 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055237
MRDS ID RE00522
Record type Site
Current site name Harney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.68671, 35.6612 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramseur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(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 Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic, Pyrophyllitic

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Virgilina Group
    Rock description Virgilina Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.68671, 35.6612
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aluminous Alteration Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSANOUS OUTCROP OF QUARTZ GRANOFELS, CONTAINING SOME QUARTZ VEINS ANDuFLAKY PYROPHYLLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountain Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 23M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT ON RIDGETOP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L., USGS, SITE VISITuBROWN, C.B., USGS FIELD NOTES, 193

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJACENT TO THE AREA OF THE PINE HILL MINE AND LIES SW OF THEuPILOT MOUNTAIN PYROPHYLLITE-ANDALUSITE PROSPECT.

Reporter information

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

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