Mine detail: Moore Mine-Wentz Shaft

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.14233, -80.59147

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Sericite
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, May Be Along Faulted Contact Between Mafic Volcanic Rock And Argillite
Tectonic:	Western Margin Of The Carolina Slate Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Chloritic, Sericitic, Calcitic

References

MRDS	K005233
DEP	10026529
Reference	{Analytical Data:: LUTTRELL, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152.}{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.}
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.