| Deposit ID | 10078666 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027126 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Puette Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.6715, 35.82731 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 347 |
| Relative position | 2.1 KM NNW OF CHESTERFIELD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Burke(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Morganton North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Burke |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Zirconium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES ANALYZED BY THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| Rock unit name | Gneiss And Schist Of Uncertain Age;Quartz-Diorite, Granodiorite And Quartz-Monzonite Gneiss | ||
| Rock description | Gneiss And Schist Of Uncertain Age;Quartz-Diorite, Granodiorite And Quartz-Monzonite Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | Biotite Gneiss and Schist |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | General Northeastward Trend Of Lenticular Bodies And Strike Of Foliation. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northeastward-Trending Lenticular Bodies Of Gneiss And Schist In Younger Gneiss |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 80M |
| Width | 70M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Year of first production | 1850 |
| District name | Morganton Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.3HA |
| Overall length | 82.3M |
| Overall width | 70M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027126 |
MCLEAN, 1966 , ORAL COMMUN.
REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD MAP GQ - 242
MINE IN MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE INACTIVE FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE 1966 . LITTLE SIGN OF WHAT THE ORE WAS LIKE AND NO ORE IN THE PIT. |
| Deposit | THIS DEPOSIT IS NEAR OF AT THE CONTACT OF GNEISS AND SCHIST OF PRECAMBRIAN OR LOWER PALEOZOIC AGE WITH QUARTZ-DIORITE, GRANODIORITE AND QUARTZ - MONZONITE GNEISS OF MIDDLE OR UPPER PALEOZOIC AGE |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1800'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1991 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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