Carolina Slate Belt

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geologic terrane metavolcanic and metasedimentary belt

The Carolina Slate Belt is a geologic terrane in the southeastern United States known for its volcanic and sedimentary rocks that host significant gold deposits, particularly in North Carolina.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Carolina Slate Belt canonical 3
Carolina terrane 2
Carolina Slate Belt gold districts 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic terrane ⓘ
metavolcanic and metasedimentary belt ⓘ
associatedWith Carolina terrane accretion to Laurentia ⓘ
boundedBy Charlotte Belt ⓘ
Milton Belt ⓘ
Triassic basins to the west ⓘ
contains Barite Hill gold deposit ⓘ
Haile Gold Mine ⓘ
surface form: Haile gold mine

Reed Gold Mine ⓘ
Ridgeway gold deposit ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicResource base metals ⓘ
gold ⓘ
extendsThrough Georgia ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
geologicAge Early Paleozoic ⓘ
Neoproterozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Neoproterozoic
hostRockFor orogenic gold deposits ⓘ
volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits ⓘ
knownFor gold deposits ⓘ
historic gold mining ⓘ
lithology argillite ⓘ
felsic volcanic rocks ⓘ
graywacke ⓘ
mafic volcanic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
slate ⓘ
tuff ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
volcaniclastic rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Piedmont region ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: southeastern United States
metamorphicGrade low-grade metamorphism ⓘ
notableIn early American gold mining history ⓘ
overlies Grenville orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: Grenville basement
partOf Carolina Slate Belt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carolina terrane
region eastern Piedmont ⓘ
researchTopicIn economic geology ⓘ
metamorphic petrology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
structuralStyle faulted belt ⓘ
folded belt ⓘ
tectonicSetting island arc ⓘ
volcanic arc ⓘ
underlies Triassic basins ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Carolina gold mines → geologicalSetting → Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
Randolph County, North Carolina → containsAttraction → Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seagrove pottery region
Appalachian gold belt → includesDistrict → Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carolina Slate Belt gold districts
Phoenix Mine (North Carolina) → locatedOnGeologicalFeature → Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
Carolina Slate Belt → partOf → Carolina Slate Belt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carolina terrane
Haile Gold Mine → region → Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
passive margin of Gondwana → sourceOf → Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carolina terrane