Description
Gold Prospector
Commodities
PrimaryGold, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Deposit sizeM
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1828
Discovery year1828
Identification
Deposit ID10071270
MRDS IDW014567
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates35.64788, -81.82567
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 DYSARTSVILLE AT 1:24,00JAMES CHAPMAN; AGE ABOUT 60 IN 1975; OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ONE SMALL, LOW-GRADE GOLD MINE IS LOCAL AUTHORITY