Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formNE-TRENDING LENSES
Ore controlSilicified Shear Zone. Some Stratabound Sulfide Lenses (Syngenetic?)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Tillery Formation
StructureNe-Trending Broad Folds; Near Uwharrie-Tillery Formation Contact., Ne-Trending Fault Zones And Tight Drag Folds Associated With Them.
Tectonic settingCarolina Slate Belt
AlterationSilicic, Chloritic, Sericitic, Calcitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1882
Last production1926
Identification
Deposit ID10026494
MRDS IDK005167
Alternate namesRich Cog, Appalachian Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.48704, -80.01978
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AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 213, 156 P.PRATT, UNPUBLISHED (FROM C.B. BROWN, USGS, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTESPRATT, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1919 (FROM NOTES OF C.B. BROWN , USGS)