Location: | Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.41149, -79.61977 |
dep_id: | 10055242 |
mrds_id: | RE00527 |
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 |
work_type: | Underground |
model: | 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
alteration: | Silicic, Sericitic, Pyrophyllitic |
conc_proc: | Acid Leaching In Paleo-Hot Spring Hydrothermal System. Gold Accompanying Deposition In Shallow Fractures |
ore_ctrl: | Pre-Tectonic Faults (?) |
Reporter: | Klein, T.L. |
hrock_type: | Felsic Volcanic Rock |
Structure: | Regional Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The East |
tectonic: | Eastern Carolina Slate Belt |
yfp_ba: | < |
Year first produced: | 1866 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1890 |
References: |
- Deposit:: CONELY, J.F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 76, P. 26
- Deposit:: KLEIN, T.L., SITE VISIT, 198
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