Commodities
PrimaryGold, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formCHANNEL FILL
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1828
Discovery year1828
Identification
Deposit ID10110444
MRDS IDW014561
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.61177, -81.85123
References
NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MAP AT 1:62,500, PG. 152, TEXT 200 PG.; STREAM ON TOPO QUADS DYSARTSVILLE AND GLEN ALPINE AT 1:24,00JAMES CHAPMAN; AGE ABOUT 60 IN 1975; OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ONE SMALL LOW-GRADE GOLD MINE IS LOCAL AUTHORITY