Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlQuartz Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Sericite
Other materialsSiderite
Geology
Host rockPhyllite,Argillite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1896
Discovery year1896
Identification
Deposit ID10071294
MRDS IDW014614
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.07539, -80.66119
References
NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 99, TEXT 200 PG.CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, "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. 138, 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.