Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formWEST-PLUNGING LENSES
Ore controlFavorable Stratigraphic Layer Within The Upper Cid Mudstone Member.
Materials
Ore mineralsBrochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Freibergite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Mudstone Member Of The Cid Formation
Associated rockAndesite · Cid Formation
StructureGold Hill Fault Zone. Produces Cleavage Of N 15-30 E 80 Nw Dip. East Of Deposit Broad Folds Priduce N 50 E 50 Nw Axial Planar Cleavage., Bedding 45-65 Deg Nw Dip. Near Hinge Of Anticline With Limbs Dipping 80 Nw. 0.5 To 4 M Vertically Dipping Shear Zones Are Encountered Underground. Two Parallel Concordant Ore Beds Are Moderatley Plunging Along Bedding To The Nw.T
AlterationChlorite, Calcite, Tremolite, Sericite, And Epidote
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1838-1868, 1898-1900, 1938
First production1838
Last production1938
Identification
Deposit ID10026437
MRDS IDK005062
Alternate namesKing's Mine, Washington Silver Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.7062, -80.20007
References
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152; INDORF, C. 1981.CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.; INDORF, C.P., 1981, THE SILVER HILL ZINC DEPOSIT AND ASSOCIATED DEPOSITS, CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.76, P. 1170-1185.; POGUE, J.E., 1910, THE CID MINING DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 22.ANNUAL PRODUCTION FROM PARDEE AND PARK, 1948. KLEIN, T.L. USGS, CALCULATIONS OF CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION BASED ON POGUE (1910)