Mine detail: Rocky River Mine

Previously called 'Rocky River Gold-Silver-Lead MineJake Shin, Tom Shin'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.30649, -80.4773

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1865
Last production ended:	1895

Geology

Host rock:	Tillery Formation
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Gold Hill Fault, Ne-Trending
Tectonic:	Western Carolina Slate Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Carbonate, Sericitic

References

MRDS	K005090
DEP	10026453
Reference	{Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 93}{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, 200P.}
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.