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Branson Mine

Past Producer in Randolph county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098201
MRDS ID K005198
Record type Site
Current site name Branson Mine
Related records 10223919

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.85534, 35.62093 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.5 MILES SOUTH - SOUTHWEST OF ASHEBORO AND 6.9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEAGROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seagrove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(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)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SULPHIDES OR GOLD OBSERVED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Uwharrie Formation
    Rock description Uwharrie Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.85534, 35.62093
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Metamorphic Foliation
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein Associated With Small Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS ALTERED ANDESITE TUFF WITH COARSE ROUNDED CLASTS. MAGNETITE CRYSTALS ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ROCK. MYLONITE, ALONG SHEAR OR FAULT ZONES, IS ALTERED TO QUARTZ-CHLORITE-SERICITE PHYLLITE WITH MINOR MAGNETITE. SOME KAOLIN IS PRESENT. FAULT ZONE ROCKS ARE BLEACHED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF FOUR SHAFTS AND DRIFTS TRENDING PERPENDICULAR TO THE VEIN. MORE THAN 1/2 ACRE HAS BEEN STRIPPED TO A DEPTH OF 1.5 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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