Mine detail: Southern Homestake Mine

Previously called 'Cameron Mountain Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.73787, -80.03784

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Epidote, Limonite, Sericite
Orebody form:	BROAD ZONE OF DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1904
Last production ended:	1904

Geology

Host rock:	Cid Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Cid Formation
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Ne-Trending Foliation
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Sericitization, Biotitization

References

MRDS	K005186
DEP	10026507
Reference	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
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.