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Belle Mine

Past Producer in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084178
MRDS ID W101204
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Mine
Alternate or previous names Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.46087, 35.43954 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 KM S 75 E OF INTERSECTION OF S.R. 1639 AND S.R. 1629

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putnam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propyllitic Assembalage; Sericite, Chlorite, Epidote, Calcite And Quartz

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE ASSAY 0.58 OPT AU, 0.34 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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.46087, 35.43954
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The West
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cleavage Is N45-55 E Dipping 65-84 To The Nw; Deposit Is Generally Conformable Trending N 60 E.

Ore body information

  • General form CONFORMABLE TABULAR ZONE
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Length 245M
    Width 1.2M
    Depth to bottom 34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Quartz And Calcite Seams (< 2cm To 4 Cm Thick) In Zone Of Four Foot Wide Zone Of Highly Altered Volcanic Rock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IS IN LEAF FORM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1888
Year of last production 1894

Mining district

District name Robbins

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 34M
    Overall length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT WORKED BY FOUR SHAFTS, AN INCLINED SHAFT, AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS. PLACER WORKINGS ARE EVIDENT ON NEARBY TOM'S CREEK.

Comments on development

  • LARGEST OF A GROUP OF 10 MINES IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAY STREAK OF 4-6 INCHES IS REPORTED AGAINST THE FOOTWALLuYIELDING AS MUCH AS 1 OPT AU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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