Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBROAD ZONE OF DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Ore controlRoughly Stratabound
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite
GangueAndalusite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockTuff · Uwharrie Formation
StructureNe-Plunging Small Open Folds Trending N 65 E; Plunging 5-10ne.
AlterationRoughly Concentric Silica-Aluminosilicate (Andalusite, Pyrophyllite, Muscovite) Followed Outward By Sericitic (Muscovite) And Then By Propylitic (Chlorite-Epidote-Calcite)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1800
Last production1875
Identification
Deposit ID10098203
MRDS IDK005241
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.83205, -80.63674
References
CARPENTER, P. A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 84, 166 P.; MCKEE, L.H., 1985, THE NESBIT GOLD MINE,IN FEISS, P.G.,ED., VOLCANIC-HOSTED GOLD AND HIGH-ALUMINA ROCKS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST FIELD TRIP, FALL 1985. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL