Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlQuartz Veins Developed In Fractures Related To Gold Hill Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Tillery Formation
StructureGold Hill Fault Zone, Conformable To Metamorphic Foliation
AlterationChlorite, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1842
Discovery year1842
Identification
Deposit ID10089192
MRDS IDW014581
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.50621, -80.3509
References
NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MAP AT 1:15,625 PL. VI, MINE TEXT PG. 85 TO 87, TEXT 200 PG.CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:31,000 PG. 126, MINE TEXT PG. 128, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000; EMMONS, E., 1856, GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. LANEY F.B, 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 21.PARDEE AND PARK, 1948