| Deposit ID | 10110449 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014590 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Barnhardt Shaft |
| Related records | 10176413 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.34507, 35.51093 (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 |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.34507, 35.51093 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gold Hill Fault Zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Shears Parallel To And At Acute Angles To Trend Of Fault Zone. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 133M |
| Width | 1M |
| Depth to bottom | 127M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1854 |
| Year of first production | 1854 |
| District name | Gold Hill District |
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| Year | 1915 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1845-1915 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Up To 3% Copper | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 144M |
| Overall length | 64.01M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014590 |
NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA" , NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MAP AT 1:15,625 PL. VI, MINE TEXT PG. 85 TO 88, TEXT 200 PG.
CARPENTER, III, P.A., 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:31,000 PG. 126, MINE TEXT PG. 125, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213.
NITZE, H.B.C., 1896; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OREBODY LENGTH PINCHES BELOW THE 300 FOOT LEVEL |
| Deposit | CONNECTS WITH MILLER SHAFT UNDERGROUND; SAME VEIN SYSTEM. IS INCLUDED INuPRODUCTION FIGURES OF THE GOLD HILL MINE WHICH OPERATED MINES ON THE THE BARNHARDT,uRANDOLPH, MILLER, EARNHARDT, AND NORTH VEINS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1976 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1991 | Klein,T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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