Gold Exploration Group (Directed Individual Study - GLY491)

James A. Dockal, PhD, PG#298

Page Updated: Jan. 11, 2010 @ 10:00 AM

 

How it is done!!!!

 

Forms:

  Adobe Illustrator (ai) file PDF format
2.5 foot Graphic log form CoreLogForm1.ai CoreLogForm1.pdf
10 foot Graphic log form CoreLogForm2.ai CoreLogForm2.pdf
Core Box Image form CoreLogForm3.ai CoreLogForm3.pdf
10 foot graphic log or core box image form NEW! CoreLogForm4.ai CoreLogForm4.pdf

 

Publications that you should own:

Gold in North Carolina, NCGS Information Circular 29, 1993  (cost $5.50) Excellent easy to read synopsis of the gold deposits and gold mining in North Carolina. Good first publication to read for your project. NCGS Information Circular 29 - Gold in North Carolina
Geologic Map of the Asheboro (15 min.) quadrangle and adjacent areas, USGS Map I-1314, 1981 (cost $9.00) this map will be your best geologic map for the area of your prospect sites. USGS Map I-1314 Geologic Map of the ASHEBORO (15 min.), North Carolina, and Adjacent Areas
Geologic Map of North Carolina 1985 (digital format, FREE) Product Description Page
Geologic Map of the Albemarle (15 min.) quadrangle (digital, Mr. SID format, FREE). A somewhat dated but useful map from the Carolina Slate Belt. Requires a Mr. SID  viewer to use but this you can obtain free, just use Google to find one or possibly your computer already has one installed. 55069_1.sid
A stratographer's view of the Carolina Slate Belt south-central North Carolina 1984 (PDF- FREE) http://www.carolinageologicalsociety.org/gb 1984.pdf
The Virgilina Deformation: Implications of Stratigraphic Correlation in the Carolina Slate Belt 1985 (PDF-FREE) http://www.carolinageologicalsociety.org/gb 1985.pdf
The Carolina Terrane in Northeastern South Carolina, 1998 (Ridgeway Gold Mine) (PDF-FREE) http://www.carolinageologicalsociety.org/gb 1998.pdf
The geology of the Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Efland 7.5-minute quadrangles, Orange and Durham counties, Carolina Terrane, North Carolina, 2006 (PDF-FREE) http://www.carolinageologicalsociety.org/gb 2006.pdf
Gold Deposits of North Carolina, 1896 North Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin No. 3 (reprinted 1995)  
Metallic Mineral Deposits of the Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina, 1976 North Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 84  

WEB Links

ERIN Ventures Inc. (gold exploration in NC-ongoing) look at the photo gallery Erin Ventures Inc. - Prospects Americas - North Carolina
KITCO current gold price and mining news source 24-hour Spot Chart - Gold

Kitco Precious Metals News Headlines - Gold News, Silver News, Platinum News

Haile Gold Mine, Kershaw, Lancaster Co. South Carolina http://www.kinross.com/investors/pdf/hardrock-nomination-haile.pdf
Reed Gold Mine, Cabarrus Co. North Carolina Reed Gold Mine
Ridgeway Gold Mine, South Carolina GEOLOGY OF THE RIDGEWAY GOLD DEPOSITS
Gold exploration activity in NC and SC June 2008 NewsArticle
Romarco's Haile Gold mine news clips http://mineweb.co.za/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page66?oid=89237&sn=Detail

Romarco Minerals Inc. - 2009 Press Releases

Romarco Minerals Inc. - Videos (watch this video then look at the Power Point presentation on the Haile)

Some insight into current gold mining economics No gold medal despite mine's rich output
Not related to gold, but look at the sample documentation then go to the link for the pictures. http://www.kitco.com/pr/2074/article_10142009135042.pdf
Geologic information on the Haile Gold Mine (look at the papers that a cite this one.) Controls on syntectonic replacement mineralization in parasitic antiforms, Haile gold mine, Carolina slate belt -- Hayward 87 (1): 91 -- Economic Geology
Not exactly about gold, but look at the presentation by Dr. Peterson, very worthwhile!! Duluth Metals Limited - Home - Mon Oct 26, 2009
More news from the Haile Gold mine article_10282009093928.pdf
Want to see where your structural geology lessons will lead you, check this article and if interested go deeper and go to the corporate web site. article_11172009181936.pdf
You should read the gold related portions of this, it is excellent and state-of-the-art Mineral Deposits of Canada
New results from the drilling at the Haile Gold Mine article_11232009103640.pdf
More new results out of the Haile Gold Mine New! Jan. 5, 2010 article_01042010092851.pdf
Haile Gold Mine expands their exploration program New! Jan.11, 2010 article_01112010091257.pdf

Drafting Resources

Proper symbols for geology Public Review Draft--Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (PostScript Implementation) Draft--Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (PostScript Implementation)
The new standard for symbology with the ability to download for use in graphics programs ********* FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (PostScript Implementation)
Core Logging: CoreLogging.pdf (thanks to Robbie)  

Petrology Resources

Online atlas of opaque minerals under reflected light SME--VIRTUAL ATLAS OF OPAQUE AND ORE MINERALS
More online photomicrographs of ore minerals Determination of opaque minerals in reflected light microscopy
hmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery: The Beer Collection

Bibliography

Dockal, J.A. and Huntsman, J.R. 1990, Application of turbidite sedimentology to determination of thrust fault displacements in the Carolina Slate Belt. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 12, no. 3, p. 285-296.

Hines, Elizabeth, 1996, Cousin Jacks and the Tarheel gold boom: Cornish miners in North Carolina, 1830-1880. The North Carolina Geographer, vol. 5, p. 1-10.

Offield, T. W., Kunk, M. J., and Koeppen, R. P., 1995, Style and age of deformation, Carolina Slate Belt, Central North Carolina.  Southeastern Geology, v. 35, no 2, p. 59-77.

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