Mine detail: Mcallister Prospect

Previously called 'Davis Hill MineDor* HillConroyDavis Mountain'

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Location: Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.69592, -79.867
dep_id: 10026513
mrds_id: K005193
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Sericite
orebody_fm: STRINGERS IN A ALTERED ZONE
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Wide Sericitic Zone With Narrow Highly Silicified Pods
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Uwharrie Formation
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Trending Axial Planar Cleavage, Zones Of Shearing And West-Over-East Overturned Folds
tectonic: Carolina Slate Belt
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1860
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:: PRATT, J. H., 1907, THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1906: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY ECON. PAPER 14.
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