Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
SecondaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS AND STINGERS
Ore controlFavorable Stratigaphic Unit
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Chlorite, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockFelsic Volcanic Rock · Tillery Formation Or Cid Formation
StructureGold Hill Fault Zone, Metamorphic Foliation N 40 E Strike Of Ore Body Approximately N 25 E. Plunge To Southwest.
AlterationChlorite, Biotite, Silification, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1899-1906
First production1899
Last production1906
Discovery year1842
Identification
Deposit ID10110448
MRDS IDW014582
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.50399, -80.35201
References
CARPENTER, P. ALBERT, 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:31,000 PG. 126, MINE TEXT PG. 125, 130 TO 132, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000; LANEY, F.B., 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 21. PARDEE, J.T. AND PARK, C.F, 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213. UNGER, H.E., 1982, GEOLOGY OF THE UNION COPPER DEPOSIT, GOLD HILL DISTRICT, CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILLCARPENTER, III, P. A., 1976; LUTTRELL, 1976, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152.