Mine detail: Allen Mine

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Location: Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.42427, -79.61505
dep_id: 10084176
mrds_id: W101197
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Sericite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Sericitic, Silicic
conc_proc: Extreme Hydrothermal Leaching In Paleo-Hotsrping System
Reporter: Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Metamorphic Cleavage N 8 E Dipping 60-75 W
References:
  • CONLEY, J.F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 76
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