Mine detail: Coggins Mine

Previously called 'Rich CogAppalachian Mine'

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.48704, -80.01978
dep_id: 10026494
mrds_id: K005167
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Sericite
orebody_fm: NE-TRENDING LENSES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicic, Chloritic, Sericitic, Calcitic
ore_ctrl: Silicified Shear Zone. Some Stratabound Sulfide Lenses (Syngenetic?)
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Tillery Formation
hrock_type: Argillite
Structure: Ne-Trending Broad Folds; Near Uwharrie-Tillery Formation Contact., Ne-Trending Fault Zones And Tight Drag Folds Associated With Them.
tectonic: Carolina Slate Belt
Year first produced: 1882
yr_lst_prd: 1926
References:
  • 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.
  • Reserve-Resource:: PRATT, UNPUBLISHED (FROM C.B. BROWN, USGS, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES
  • Reserve-Resource:: PRATT, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1919 (FROM NOTES OF C.B. BROWN , USGS)
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