Location: | Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.42204, -79.6231 |
dep_id: | 10055222 |
mrds_id: | RE00504 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Gold, Pyrite |
gangue: | Quartz, Sericite |
orebody_fm: | FLAT-LYING STRATABOUND |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
model: | 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
alteration: | Silicification And Sericitization In Zones. |
ore_ctrl: | Silicified Zones Along Lithologic Contact |
Reporter: | Klein, T.L. |
hrock_unit: | Felis |
hrock_type: | Tuff |
arock_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. |
yr_lst_prd: | 1905 |
References: |
- 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
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