Mine detail: Redding Mine

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Location: Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.73287, -79.7381
dep_id: 10026511
mrds_id: K005190
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Biotite, Chlorite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Quartz
orebody_fm: STRINGERS
work_type: Surface
model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
alteration: Silicic
ore_ctrl: Stringer Zone Followin Prominant Vertical Joint System
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Uwharrie Formation
hrock_type: Rhyolite
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1906
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.
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