Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryLead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES IN WIDE ZONE
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockArgillite
StructureGold Hill Fault, Ne-Trending Faults
AlterationSericitic, Silicic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10071292
MRDS IDW014611
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.02733, -80.69313
References
LUTTRELL, 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152.NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 100 TO 102, TEXT 200 PG.CARPENTER, III, P.A., 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:185,000 PG. 139, MINE TEXT PG. 145, TEXT 166 PG.; SYMBOL LOCATES MINE SITE IN MATTHEWS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000PARDEE, J.T. AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.