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Dutch Creek Mine

Producer in Rowan 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. 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 10071283
MRDS ID W014587
Record type Site
Current site name Dutch Creek Mine
Related records 10273229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.34368, 35.59149 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rowan(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(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 Rowan

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metavolcanic Rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Eleven Mineralized Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP NW
    Length 1500M
    Width 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Comments on the production information

  • ORE VOLUME, ORE GRADE AND GOLD AND COPPER RECOVERY UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF OXIDIZED GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN ORE REMAINS; AMOUNT OF FRESH SULFIDE - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN ORE BELOW THE WATER TABLE UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS 7-8M DIAMETER AND 10M DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:125,000 PG. 126, MINE TEXT PG. 127, TEXT 166 PG.

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 120, TEXT 200 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000. PARDEE,J.T., AND PARK,C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213.

  • Production

    CARPENTER, III, P. A., 1976

  • Reserve-Resource

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 11 VEINS WERE MAPPED IN 1.5 KM ALONG STRIKE AT THEuPROPERTY. MOST NE-TRENDING; ALTHOUGH NOT ALL PARALLEL.uTHICKEST VEINS AT INTERSECTIONS OF FRACTURE TRENDS. MAJOR VEINS NAMED KATIE, HILL, TIP-TOP, AND SPRING. (PARDEE AND PARK, 1948)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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