Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES IN FOUR PARALLEL ZONES
Ore controlShear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite
GangueChlorite, Hematite, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureFour Ne-Trending Ore Zones
AlterationSericitic, Silicic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1862
Last production1923
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10098199
MRDS IDK005179
Alternate namesRandolph Mine, Aldred, Burns, Overton
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.80009, -79.67866
References
LUTTRELL, 1978CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.