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Newberry Mine

Past Producer in Randolph 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055246
MRDS ID RE00533
Record type Site
Current site name Newberry Mine
Alternate or previous names Newby
Related records 10026514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.88756, 35.68426 (WGS84)
Relative position FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHEBORO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Biotitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.88756, 35.68426
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Metamorphic Foliation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Sulfide Minerals In A Contact Zone Between Felsic Volcanic Rocks And Granitic Intrusive.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN CHILLED ZONE OF GRANITE INTRUSIVEuAND IN HOST RHYOLITE. EXTREME SILICIFICATION AND LOCAL BIOTITE ALTERATION.uSOME RHYOLITE XENOLITHS OCCUR IN THE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880'S ?

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT FILLED WITH WATER AND NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P.A.,III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA:NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION BULLETIN 84.L

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.B., 1934, UNPUBLISHED USGS FIELD NOTES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THE DISSEMINATED SULFIDEuMINERALS.

Reporter information

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

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