Mine detail: Cotton Mine

Previously called 'Donaldson Mine'

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Location: Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.46593, -79.51171
dep_id: 10055229
mrds_id: RE00514
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
alteration: Silicic, Sericitic, Potash Feldspar
ore_ctrl: 15 Cm Quartz Vein
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • 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
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