| Deposit ID | 10078671 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027134 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brown Mountain Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.78511, 35.87703 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 454 |
| Relative position | 6.1 KM SSW OF PEAK OF BROWN MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Burke(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Chestnut Mountain(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)
Federal lands
Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Croatan National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Burke |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chlorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Result | GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLE ANALYZED BY THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Brown Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Brown Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -81.78511, 35.87703 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Major Faults Northwest And Southeast Of Mine. |
| General form | LINEAR IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 60 W |
| Dip | 75 S W |
| Length | 400M |
| Width | 5M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Year of first production | 1850 |
| District name | Blue Ridge District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alderich |
| First year | 1968 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.2HA |
| Overall length | 365.76M |
| Overall width | 5M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027134 |
ALDERICH, 1968 , ORAL COMMUN.
NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B. 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , 200 P., 9 PLS, 19 FIGS., MAP, ( DESCRIP., P. 175 )
MINE IN CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1968 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTENT OF HOST ROC
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1800'S |
| Deposit | GOLD PROPERTY SPORADICALLY WORKED ALONG VEIN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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