Mine detail: Southern Homestake Mine

Previously called 'Cameron Mountain Mine'

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Location: Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.73787, -80.03784
dep_id: 10026507
mrds_id: K005186
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Epidote, Limonite, Sericite
orebody_fm: BROAD ZONE OF DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicification, Sericitization, Biotitization
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Cid Formation
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Cid Formation
arock_type: Tuff
Structure: Ne-Trending Foliation
Year first produced: 1904
yr_lst_prd: 1904
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P. PRATT, J.H., 1907. P. 33: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC PAPER 8
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