Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHot Spring
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlDisrupted, Pre-Tectonic Quartz Veins And Disseminated Sulfide Accumulations. Some Redistribution Or Introduction Of Metals During Metamorphism May Have Occurred.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueChlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Tillery Formation
Associated rockTuff · Tillery Formation
StructureNe-Trending Open To Tight West-Verging Folds., Ne Striking, N-Plunging Small-Scale Folds Indicate A Left Lateral Sense Of Shear Within The Highly Altered Rocks. Early Ne-Trending Faults May Have Been Associated With The Development Of The Nearby Rhyolitic Volcanic Center And Provided The Locus For Precious-Metal Deposits. Early Ne Tren
AlterationMuscovite, Chlorite, Silica
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Last production1906
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10026505
MRDS IDK005182
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.78926, -79.91645
References
KLEIN, UNPUBLISHED DATA; LUTTRELL, 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152.CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH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 SOUTERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.