Mine detail: Brown Mine

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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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