Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBROAD ZONE OF DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueEpidote, Limonite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Cid Formation
Associated rockTuff · Cid Formation
StructureNe-Trending Foliation
AlterationSilicification, Sericitization, Biotitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1904
Last production1904
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10026507
MRDS IDK005186
Alternate namesCameron Mountain Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.73787, -80.03784
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. PRATT, J.H., 1907. P. 33: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC PAPER 8