Mine detail: Moore Mine-Blue Shaft

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Location

Lat / long:

35.14622, -80.5923

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1890-1910
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Albemarle Group
Associated type:	Argillite
Structure:	Gold Hill Fault, Vein May Be Along Faulted Contact Between Metabasalt And Argillite
Tectonic:	Western Margin Of The Carolina Slate Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Calcitic, Chloritic, Sericitic

References

MRDS	K005232
DEP	10026528
Reference	{Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES 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.}{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, 200P.}
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.