Mine detail: Coggins Mine

Previously called 'Rich CogAppalachian Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.48704, -80.01978

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Sericite
Orebody form:	NE-TRENDING LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1926

Geology

Host rock:	Tillery Formation
Host 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
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Chloritic, Sericitic, Calcitic

References

MRDS	K005167
DEP	10026494
Reference	{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1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 213, 156 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: PRATT, UNPUBLISHED (FROM C.B. BROWN, USGS, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES}{Reserve-Resource:: PRATT, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1919 (FROM NOTES OF C.B. BROWN , USGS)}
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.