Mine detail: Asheboro and Jones Mine

Previously called 'County Home'

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Location: Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.67648, -79.8395
dep_id: 10055220
mrds_id: RE00502
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite
gangue: Sericite
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Sericite
ore_ctrl: Disseminated Sulfides In Highly Schistose Zone
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Uwharrie Formation
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_unit: Uwharrie Formation
arock_type: Tuff
Year first produced: 1894
References:
  • C.B. BROWN, 1934, USGS, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES
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