Mine detail: Red Hill Mine

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Location: Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.42677, -79.61421
dep_id: 10055256
mrds_id: RE00545
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: Surface/Underground
model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
alteration: Silicic, Sericitic
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching And Sulfide Deposition
ore_ctrl: Silicified Zone
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
yr_lst_prd: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152
  • Deposit:: SITE VISIT J. POWERS, 1987, FOR USGS FIELD STUDY
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