Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR PODS
Ore controlSmall Shear Zones Related To And In Part Parallel To The Trend Of The Gold Hill Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Tillery Formation
StructureGold Hill Fault Zone, Veins Are Both Conformable To Schistocity In The Fault Zone And At Acute Angles To It.
AlterationSericite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1842
Last production1915
Discovery year1842
Identification
Deposit ID10093647
MRDS IDW016663
Alternate namesIncludes Randolph, Miller, Barnhardt, Earnhardt, North Shafts
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.5126, -80.34535
References
PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213. LANEY, F.B., 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICIAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 21