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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