| Deposit ID | 10071298 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014618 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Secrest Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.65147, 35.09122 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.6 MI NORTHEAST OF INDIAN TRAIL AND 9.5 MI NORTHWEST OF MONROE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Union(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Matthews(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Union |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYS OF 0.1 OPT AU AND 13 OPT AG AND 3.3 OPT AU AND 3.9 OPT (SILVER AT $1.29 GOLD AT $20 PER OUNCE). |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -80.65147, 35.09122 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gold Hill Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Schistocity N 30-35 E Dipping High Angle To West |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30-35 E |
| Dip | 85 W |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| District name | Carolina Slate Belt |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014618 |
NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 100, TEXT 200 PG.
CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:185,000 PG. 139, MINE TEXT PG. 147, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON MATTHEWS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.
NITZE, H.B.C., 1896
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SECREST GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE OCCURRENCE IS 0.4 KM WEST. THIS MINE IS ANuEXTENSION OF THE SMART MINE- K005237. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1976 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1976 | Mcdaniel, Ronald D. | North Carolina Division of Land Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1991 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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