Mine detail: Cagle Mine

Previously called 'HancockLaurel HillTalc'

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Location: Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.4251, -79.6081
dep_id: 10055224
mrds_id: RE00508
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Stockwork
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Silicic, Sericitic
ore_ctrl: In Deformed Quartz Stockwork
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Tuff
Structure: Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The Northwest, Strong N22-32 E Cleavage Dips 57 W, Is Parallel To Ore Zone.
ylp_ba: <
yr_lst_prd: 1906
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • 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
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