Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlFlat-Lying Veins With Quartz
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockTuff · Mafic Rock In Mudstone Member Of The Cid Formation
StructureGold Hill Fault
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1832
Discovery year1832
Identification
Deposit ID10071261
MRDS IDW014551
Alternate namesSmith
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.73092, -80.22729
References
NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 68, TEXT 200 PG. POGUE, J.E., 1910, CID MINING DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 22, P106.; NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3, P. 68