Mine detail: Brown Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

35.42204, -79.6231

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	FLAT-LYING STRATABOUND

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Felis
Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The Nw, Along The Contact Between Felsic Tuffs And A Massive Rhyolite Flow. Bedding Is N 10 E Dipping 10 Deg Nw And Cleavage Is N 17-35 E And Dipping 40-60 Nw.
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Sericitization In Zones.

References

MRDS	RE00504
DEP	10055222
Reference	{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152}{Deposit:: POWERS, J. AND KLEIN, T.L. USGS SITE VISIT}
Reporter	Klein, T.L.