Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Stringer Zone
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formCONFORMABLE TABULAR ZONE
Ore controlThin Quartz And Calcite Seams (< 2cm To 4 Cm Thick) In Zone Of Four Foot Wide Zone Of Highly Altered Volcanic Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockTuff
StructureNe-Trending Folds Overturned To The West, Cleavage Is N45-55 E Dipping 65-84 To The Nw; Deposit Is Generally Conformable Trending N 60 E.
AlterationPropyllitic Assembalage; Sericite, Chlorite, Epidote, Calcite And Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1888
Last production1894
Identification
Deposit ID10084178
MRDS IDW101204
Alternate namesBell Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.43954, -79.46087
References
NITZE AND HANNA, 1896LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152, P. 39LUTTRELL, 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152