Mine detail: Mcallister Prospect

Previously called 'Davis Hill MineDor
* HillConroyDavis Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.69592, -79.867

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Sericite
Orebody form:	STRINGERS IN A ALTERED ZONE
Discovery year:	1860

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Uwharrie Formation
Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Schist
Structure:	Ne-Trending Axial Planar Cleavage, Zones Of Shearing And West-Over-East Overturned Folds
Tectonic:	Carolina Slate Belt
Alteration processes:	Wide Sericitic Zone With Narrow Highly Silicified Pods

References

MRDS	K005193
DEP	10026513
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:: PRATT, J. H., 1907, THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1906: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY ECON. PAPER 14.}
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.