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Unnamed Quartz Vein Occurrence Ak-033

Occurrence in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Quartz
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089704
MRDS ID W028491
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quartz Vein Occurrence Ak-033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.06506, 35.28093 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position 2.5 KM NORTHWEST OF PEE DEE TOWN; EXACT LOCATION NOT KNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(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 Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECTS ON WOODED NEARLY LEVEL TERRAIN OF HEADWATER DRAINAGE
  • EAST BANK OF RICHMOND CREEK IN HILLY FORESTED RURAL AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD PROBABLY IN QUARTZ VEINS
  • CLEAN MILKY WHITE QUARTZ SUITABLE FOR FACING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.06506, 35.28093
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Shear System

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer Conley, 1962

Mining district

District name Albemarle Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE AMOUNT OF SUITABLE QUARTZ AVAILABLE FOR DECORATIVE STONE

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR SURFACE TRENCHES AND PITS FOR EACH OF THE THREE PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • THREE PROSPECTS, ONE 0.1 KM EAST, OTHER 0.1 KM SOUTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, JAMES F., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE ALBEMARLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL. 75, TEXT 26 P. MINE TEXT P. 18, MINE SYMBOLS SHOWN ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP CONLEY, N.C. STATE, GEOLOGIC MA

  • Production

    CONLEY, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAJOR QUARTZ VEIN OCCURRENCE
Deposit BEDROCK SHOWS FINE GRADED BEDDING, COMPOSED OF ALTERNATING SILT AND CLAY LAYERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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