| Deposit ID | 10093647 |
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| MRDS ID | W016663 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Hill Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Randolph, Miller, Barnhardt, Earnhardt, North Shafts |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.34535, 35.5126 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rowan(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rocky(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Rowan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | 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 | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Tillery Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Tillery Formation | ||||
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| (1) | -80.34535, 35.5126 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gold Hill Fault Zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Veins Are Both Conformable To Schistocity In The Fault Zone And At Acute Angles To It. |
| General form | TABULAR PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15-35 E |
| Dip | 70-80 |
| Plunge direction | NW |
| Length | 1000M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Depth to bottom | 249.94M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1842 |
| Year of first production | 1842 |
| Year of last production | 1915 |
| District name | Gold Hill District |
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 249.94M |
| Overall length | 1000M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016663 |
PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213. LANEY, F.B., 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICIAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 21
PARDEE AND PARK, 1948
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 6 DIFFERENT VEINS ARE INCLUDED IN THE IS GROUP FROM SHAFTS OFuTHE GOLD HILL MINING COMPANY |
| Deposit | THESE SHAFTS WORKED DISCRETE VEINS OF THE SAME NAME. THE RANDOLPH SHAFT ALSOuWORKED THE NORTH VEINS UNDERGROUND. THESE VEINS WERE ALL MINED COLLECTIVELYuBY THE GOLD HILL MINING COMPANY. |
| Deposit | LARGEST PRODUCING GOLD MINE IN NORTH CAROLINA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1976 | Weeks, Robert | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1991 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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