Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Stratigraphic Horizon (Immediately Overlies Chert).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Sericite, Siderite, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Mudstone In The Flat Swamp Member Of The Cid Formation
Associated rockBasalt · Flat Swamp Member Of The Cid Formation
StructureNe-Plunging Open Folds, Bedding N 35 E 45 Deg Nw.
AlterationChlorite And Tremolite (Mg-Alteration), Sericite, Carbonate (Siderite And Calcite)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1881-1882, 1893
First production1881
Last production1893
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10026449
MRDS IDK005080
Alternate namesSpring Valley Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.72509, -80.11478
References
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.; POGUE,J.E, 1910, THE CID MINING DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 22.POGUE, 1910