Mine detail: Cotton Mine

Previously called 'Donaldson Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.46593, -79.51171

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Sericitic, Potash Feldspar

References

MRDS	RE00514
DEP	10055229
Reference	{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152}{Deposit:: POWERS, J., AND KLEIN, T.L., USGS, SITE VISI}
Reporter	Klein, T.L.