Mine detail: Riggon Hill Mine

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.50204, -79.99645
dep_id: 10055258
mrds_id: RE00547
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Stockwork
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSES WITHIN WIDE ZONE OF ALTERATION
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicic
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Alteration
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Argillite
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1896
References:
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: UGSG OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152 P. 401
  • Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C. AND HANNA, G.B., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3, P. 77.
  • Deposit:: C.B. BROWN, 1934, UNPUBLISHED USGS FIELD NOTE
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