Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlQuartz Veins Filling Fractures; Possible Contribution Of Base-Metals From Pre-Exisiting Massive Sulfide Deposit Of The Gold Hill Type.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Tillery Formation
StructureGold Hill Fault, Ne-Trending
Tectonic settingWestern Carolina Slate Belt
AlterationSilicic, Carbonate, Sericitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1865
Last production1895
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10026453
MRDS IDK005090
Alternate namesRocky River Gold-Silver-Lead Mine, Jake Shin, Tom Shin
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.30649, -80.4773
References
NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 93CARPENTER, 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.NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, 200P.