Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein And Replacement
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formSIX TABULAR ZONES
Ore controlFavorable Layers And Ne-Trending Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Tillery Formation
StructureNe-Trending Folds, High Angle Reverse Faults And Assymetric Folds Overturned To The East
AlterationSilicic, Sericitic, Chloritic, Calcitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1882
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10026493
MRDS IDK005165
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.50121, -80.0245
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.UNPUBULISHED REPORT BY LEO VON ROSENBURG, NOV. 17, 1986.