Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
TertiaryBismuth, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNear Contact Of Mica Gneiss Unit And Kings Mountain Group
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetradymite
Other materialsQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Kings Mountain Group
Associated rockGranite
StructureNne Of Kings Mountain
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1892
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10079137
MRDS IDW028055
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.42177, -81.21232
References
NITZE, 1896 ; KERR, 1885NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 149 ; LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000MINE IN LINCOLNTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1885 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 2 , CH. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 304EMMONS, E., 1856 , MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TEXT 351 P., MINE TEXT P. 167 , 1681856 COMPILE EMMONS, N.C. STATE, MINES1893 COMPILE KERR, N.C. STATE, MINES1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINES