Secrest Mine

Producer in Union county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071298
MRDS ID W014618
Record type Site
Current site name Secrest Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.65147, 35.09122 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 MI NORTHEAST OF INDIAN TRAIL AND 9.5 MI NORTHWEST OF MONROE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite

Analytical data

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).

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) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.65147, 35.09122

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30-35 E
    Dip 85 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • THICK QUARTZ VEIN STRIKING N 30-35 E NEAR VERTICAL. MAY BE ALONG BRANCHuFAULT OF THE GOLD HILL FAULT SYSTEM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE VOLUME AND RECOVERY OF GOLD AND SILVER UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE WAS OPERATED PRIOR TO 1896, AND LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE WORKINGS. SEVERAL SHAFTS ARE TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY FILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 100, TEXT 200 PG.

  • Deposit

    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

  • 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

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECREST GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE OCCURRENCE IS 0.4 KM WEST. THIS MINE IS ANuEXTENSION OF THE SMART MINE- K005237.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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