| Deposit ID | 10078667 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027128 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pax Hill Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.70539, 35.86953 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 372 |
| Relative position | 2.6 KM DUE EAST OF PERKINSVILLE |
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 |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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 | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -81.70539, 35.86953 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast Trending Brevard Fault Zone 1.5 Kilometer Northwest Of Mine |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 W |
| Dip | 90 |
| Length | 150M |
| Width | 50M |
| Depth to bottom | 45M |
| 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 | 0.75HA |
| Overall length | 137.16M |
| Overall width | 50M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027128 |
NITZE, H. B. C., AND WILKENS, 1897 , GOLD MINING IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT APPALACHIAN REGION; NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 10 , TEXT 164 P., MINE TEXT P. 68
REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGE, NORTH CAROLINA U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY QUADRANGLE MAP GQ 242
MINE IN MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1966 GEOCHEM J. W. WHITLOW, TRACE ELEMENT CONTEN
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPEN CUT HAS SOME SULFIDE MINERALIZED ROCK. MINE 1.5 KM SOUTH OF AN ULTRAMAFIC DIKE OUTCROP THAT WAS PROSPECTED FOR ASBESTOS. POSSIBLE STRIKE OF DIKE NORTH 0 TO 30 DEGREES EAST |
| Deposit | REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , SHOWS A SMALL ULTRAMAFIC BODY OF ROCK NEAR THE MINE. THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY MAY BE A DIKE BUT CANNOT BE TRACED ANY DISTANCE. THIS MINE IS REPORTEDLY THE SOURCE OF MANY RELATIVELY LARGE NUGGETS AND WAS A GOOD MINE WHEN FIRST OPENED. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1800'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1992 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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