Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR AND PODS
Ore controlQuartz Vein In Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
GangueChlorite, Limonite, Magnetite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockGranite
StructureThree Ne-Trending Shear Zones
AlterationSericite, Chlorite, Calcite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1857
Last production1865
Discovery year1856
Identification
Deposit ID10026443
MRDS IDK005072
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.98759, -79.89117
References
NITZE AND HANNA, 1896.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.; LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA:USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152; EMMONS, E., 1856, GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.EMMONS, 1856