Mine detail: Cagle Mine

Previously called 'HancockLaurel HillTalc'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.4251, -79.6081

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Stockwork
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The Northwest, Strong N22-32 E Cleavage Dips 57 W, Is Parallel To Ore Zone.
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Sericitic

References

MRDS	RE00508
DEP	10055224
Reference	{Analytical Data:: LUTTRELL, 1978}{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B.,1896, GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3, P. 56. CONLEY, J.F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION; MINERAL RESEARCH BULLETIN 76, P. 25}{Deposit:: POWERS, J., AND KLEIN, T.L., USGS, SITE VISI}
Reporter	Klein, T.L.