Mine detail: Sawyer Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.78926, -79.91645

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hot Spring
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1850
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Tillery Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Tillery Formation
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Ne-Trending Open To Tight West-Verging Folds., Ne Striking, N-Plunging Small-Scale Folds Indicate A Left Lateral Sense Of Shear Within The Highly Altered Rocks. Early Ne-Trending Faults May Have Been Associated With The Development Of The Nearby Rhyolitic Volcanic Center And Provided The Locus For Precious-Metal Deposits. Early Ne Tren
Alteration processes:	Muscovite, Chlorite, Silica

References

MRDS	K005182
DEP	10026505
Reference	{Analytical Data:: KLEIN, UNPUBLISHED DATA; LUTTRELL, 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH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 SOUTERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.}
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.