Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryCopper, Silver
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL QUARTZ VEINS
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlQUARTZ VEINS
Geology
StructureINTERSECTING QUARTZ VEINS NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND ARGILLITE, ENE FAULT
AlterationDEEP WEATHERING
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Last production1905
Discovery year1853
Identification
Deposit ID60001767
MRDS IDW028510
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates35.70929, -80.07038
References
POGUE, JOS. E., 1910, CID MINING DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY, BULL. NO. 22, TEXT 144 P., MINE AND PROSPECT TEXT P. 118, SYMBOLS LOCATE MINE AND PROSPECTS ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.MINES AND PROSPECTS ON DENTON TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500. EMMONS, E.E., 1856, GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: G.P. PUTNAM, RALEIGH, N.C.;