| Location: | Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.49871, -80.36729 |
| dep_id: | 10026438 |
| mrds_id: | K005063 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Copper, Zinc, Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hydrothermal Vein |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Barite, Dolomite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Pyromorphite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| alteration: | Chlorite, Sericite, Silica |
| ore_ctrl: | Hyrothermal Focussing Along Secondary Structures Probably Related To The Gold Hill Fault. |
| Reporter: | Mcdaniel, Ronald D., *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_unit: | Tillery Formation |
| hrock_type: | Argillite |
| Structure: | Gold Hill Fault, Fault Zone Striking N 30-35 E Dipping 75-85 Nw |
| Year first produced: | 1842 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1906 |
| disc_yr: | 1842 |
| prod_yrs: | 1842-1861; 1899-1906 |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: LANEY, 1910. P.110
- Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.
- Deposit:: PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.
- Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA; NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, 200 P.; LANEY, F.B., 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21.
- Production:: CARPENTER, 1976; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948; C.B. BROWN, USGS FIELD NOTES.
- Reserve-Resource:: LANEY, 1910; PARK AND PARDEE, 1948
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