North Carolina · Burke County
Producer

Little Silver Creek Placer

Burke County, North Carolina, United States
Gold
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Description

Gold Prospector

Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Deposit sizeM
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1828
Discovery year1828
Identification
Deposit ID10071267
MRDS IDW014563
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates35.72927, -81.86317
References
NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MAP AT 1:62,500, PG. 152, TEXT 200 PG.; STREAM ON TOPO QUADS GLEN ALPINE AND MORGANTON SOUTH AT 1:24,00JAMES CHAPMAN; AGE ABOUT 60 IN 1975; OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ONE SMALL, LOW-GRADE GOLD MINE IS LOCAL AUTHORITY