Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlQuartz Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Tillery Formation
StructureGold Hill Fault Zone, Conjugate Shears
AlterationChlorite, Sericite, Carbonate
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1831
Discovery year1831
Identification
Deposit ID10110441
MRDS IDW014541
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.78481, -80.16534
References
BALLARD AND CLAYTONCARPENTER, 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 1:125,000 PG. 46, MINE TEXT PG. 47, 48, TEXT 166 PG.; NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 68 - 74, TEXT 200 PG.; MINE LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON LEXINGTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000, MISLABLED AS COAL MINEPARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 PBALLARD, T.J., AND CLAYTON, A.B., 1948, CONRAD HILL COPPER AND GOLD DEPOSIT, DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4290, 7 P.CARPENTER, III, P. A., 1976