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Richardson 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10055257
MRDS ID RE00546
Record type Site
Current site name Richardson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.62366, 35.40677 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.1 KM S 53 W OF THE INTERSECTION OF S.R. 1276 AND S.R. 1434

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.62366, 35.40677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND TABULAR
    Length 400M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zone And Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • DUMP MATERIAL IS MOSTLY MASSIVE GREENISH-WHITE QUARTZ AND FINE GRAINEDuRECRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. COUNTRY ROCK IS RELATIVELY UNALTERED. NO SULFIDEuMINERALS OR GOLD VISIBLE. QUARTZ VEINS CROSSCUT SILICIFIED ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1860
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Robbins

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 500M

Comments on the workings information

  • NINE SHAFTS EXPLOITED THE VEIN OVER 0.5 KM DISTANCE. NOW THEY ARE DEBRIS-FILLED DEPRESSIONS 20 M IN DIAMETER AND 1-10 M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTREL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152. P. 399

  • Deposit

    POWERS, J., FIELD NOTES FROM USGS SPONSORED STUDY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICK "BULL" QUARTZ VEIN IN SILICIFIED FELSIC TUFF.uCONTINUATION OF THE VEIN INTERSECTED AT THE JENKINS MINE.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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