Mine detail: Spoon Mine

Previously called 'Pee Dee Mine'

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Location: Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.67787, -79.71088
dep_id: 10026515
mrds_id: K005195
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein And Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz, Sericite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Chlorite, Sericite, Silicic
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Virgilina Group
hrock_type: Tuff
Structure: Ne-Trending Meatmorphic Foliation, North-West Trending Alteration Zone
References:
  • 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
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