Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1800
Identification
Deposit ID10079195
MRDS IDW028138
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.33066, -80.96481
References
NITZE, 1896 ; ASSAYS FOR GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE AND SILVER AT $1.29 PER OUNCE ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P.141.NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 140 , 141 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000MINE IN MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000EMMONS, E, 1856 , MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TEXT 347 P., MINE TEXT P. 1771856 COMPILE EMMONS, E, N. C. STATE, MINES1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINES