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Lemmonds Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071305
MRDS ID W014627
Record type Site
Current site name Lemmonds Mine
Alternate or previous names Marion, Lemons
Related records 10297688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.60591, 35.12789 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midland(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

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ ORE (NORMAL ORE GRADE)- AU 0.15 OPT, AG 5.3 OPT
Result SPALERITE-RICH ORE 16 OPT AU, 16OPT AG
Result GALENA-RICH ORE 30 OPT AU, 66 OPT AG.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.60591, 35.12789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In Sericite Phyllite

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT CONTACT OF FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND LAMINATED ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880-1900

Mining district

District name Charlotte District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE,1896

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 97, TEXT 200 PG.; MINE SITE PROBABLY IN MIDLAND TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,00

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEIN FROM FEW CENTIMETERS TO 2 METERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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