Location: | Burke County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.82731, -81.6715 |
dep_id: | 10078666 |
mrds_id: | W027126 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Trace mineral: | Silver, REE, Zirconium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
gangue: | Quartz |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Surface |
Reporter: | Whitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L. |
hrock_unit: | Gneiss And Schist Of Uncertain Age;Quartz-Diorite, Granodiorite And Quartz-Monzonite Gneiss |
hrock_type: | Gneiss |
Structure: | General Northeastward Trend Of Lenticular Bodies And Strike Of Foliation., Northeastward-Trending Lenticular Bodies Of Gneiss And Schist In Younger Gneiss |
Year first produced: | 1850 |
disc_yr: | 1850 |
References: |
- Deposit:: MCLEAN, 1966 , ORAL COMMUN.
- Deposit:: REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD MAP GQ - 242
- Deposit:: MINE IN MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
- Deposit:: 1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN
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