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Crayton Mine

Past Producer in Cabarrus 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071288
MRDS ID W014600
Record type Site
Current site name Crayton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.41729, 35.32566 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.1 MI SOUTHEAST OF MT. PLEASANT AND 2.7 MI NORTHEAST OF GEORGEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Locust(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Cabarrus

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Calcite

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.41729, 35.32566
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Planes Cut Slate And At Depth Lode Reported To Be Cut By Numerous Low Angle Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Quartz Veins Filling Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ARGILLITE IS LOCALLY BRECCIATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1923

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE GRADE, ORE PRODUCTION AND GOLD RECOVERY UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 26.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • LODE IS 2 TO 6 FT WIDE. DRIFTS AT 30 FEET AND 88 FOOT LEVEL.

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 1:165,000 PG. 27, MINE TEXT PG. 30, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F. JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.

  • Production

    CARPENTER, III, P. A., 1976

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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