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Honeycutt Shaft

Producer in Rowan county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089192
MRDS ID W014581
Record type Site
Current site name Honeycutt Shaft
Related records 10297545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.3509, 35.50621 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Rowan

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.3509, 35.50621
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Gold Hill Fault Zone
Local Conformable To Metamorphic Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25-30 E
    Dip 75-80 W
    Thickness 0.7M
    Length 400M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins Developed In Fractures Related To Gold Hill Fault Zone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1842
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1842

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 LEVELS WERE DEVELOPED BY 1856 AT AT 28, 50, 80, 120 FEET (EMMONS, 1856)

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W014581

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 87, TEXT 200 PG.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 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, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000; EMMONS, E., 1856, GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. LANEY F.B, 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 21.

  • Production

    PARDEE AND PARK, 1948

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT WORKED THE "MIDDLE VEIN" OF THE DISTRICT (EMMONS, 1956)

Reporter information

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