Mine detail: Ore Hill Mine

Previously called 'Ore Hill Gold Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.0365, -80.69119

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1891

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1891

Geology

Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Gold Hill Fault, Northwest-Trending Discordant Fractures
Alteration processes:	Silicified Lenses In Wide Zone Of Sericitic Alteration

References

MRDS	K005245
DEP	10026534
Reference	{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.