Old Field Diggings

Producer in Rowan county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001704
MRDS ID W014589
Record type District
Current site name Old Field Diggings
Related records 10199604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.34809, 35.507 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Rowan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.34809, 35.507

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description SMALL FRACTURES PARALLEL TO REGIONAL FOLIATION
Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description GOLD HILL FAULT ZONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Discovery year 1842

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner GOLD HILL MINING COMPANY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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. 128, 129, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.