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Kendale 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. 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 10055243
MRDS ID RE00528
Record type Site
Current site name Kendale Mine
Alternate or previous names Mcneill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.62255, 35.40788 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.9 KM S 60 W OF INTERSECTION OF S.R. 1434 AND S.R. 1276

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) Variable Intense Silicification And Sericitization

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.62255, 35.40788
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Sericitization

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED PYRITE IS PRESENT IN HIGHLY SILICIFIED ZONES OF FINE GRAINEDuFELSIC TUFF. SILICIFICATION IS IN LENSES SEPARATED BY SOFT, SERICITICuMATERIAL.

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 54.86M
    Overall width 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE CAVED SHAFTS (?) ARE NOW 3 TO 7 M DEEP. TWO WIDE TRENCHES AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS ARE PRESENT. MODERATE AMOUNT OF DUMP MATERIAL IS PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L. AND J.A. POWERS, USGS, SITE VISIT AND UNPUBLISHED REPORT 1987

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TREND OF THREE PROSPECT PITS IS BASIS FOR INFERENCE OF DEPOSITuTREND. METAMORPHIC CLEAVAGE IS N 40 E WITH 60 NW DIP.
Deposit NORTHEAST OF THE RICHARDSON MINE; SOUTH OF THE STANDARD MINERALSuPYROPHYLLITE PIT.

Reporter information

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

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