Mine detail: Spoon Mine

Previously called 'Pee Dee Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.67787, -79.71088

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein And Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Virgilina Group
Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	Ne-Trending Meatmorphic Foliation, North-West Trending Alteration Zone
Alteration processes:	Chlorite, Sericite, Silicic

References

MRDS	K005195
DEP	10026515
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.; PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.