Jenkins Mine

Past Producer in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10055242
MRDS ID RE00527
Record type Site
Current site name Jenkins Mine
Alternate or previous names Jenkens, Dry Hollow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.61977, 35.41149 (WGS84)

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
Pyrite Ore
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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.61977, 35.41149

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pre-Tectonic Faults (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1866
Year of last production 1890

Mining district

District name Robbins District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 26M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS; NOW COVERED BY WASTE DUMPS FROM THE STANDARD MINERALS PYROPHYLLITE MINE. THREE LEVELS OF DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN ALONG STRIKE THE LONGEST OF WHICH WAS 90 M.

Comments on development

  • ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REOPEN IN 1912

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONELY, J.F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 76, P. 26

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L., SITE VISIT, 198

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRY HOLLOW PLACER INTERMITTENTLY MINED. A THREE OUNCE NUGGET WASuREPORTED BEFORE 1896

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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