Mine detail: Ore Hill Mine

Previously called 'Ore Hill Gold Mine'

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Location: Union County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.0365, -80.69119
dep_id: 10026534
mrds_id: K005245
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: LENSES
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Silicified Lenses In Wide Zone Of Sericitic Alteration
ore_ctrl: Silicified Zones
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Argillite
Structure: Gold Hill Fault, Northwest-Trending Discordant Fractures
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1891
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1891
References:
  • 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.
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