Location: | Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.43954, -79.46087 |
dep_id: | 10084178 |
mrds_id: | W101204 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Minor mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Hydrothermal Stringer Zone |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Gold, Pyrite |
gangue: | Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite |
orebody_fm: | CONFORMABLE TABULAR ZONE |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
alteration: | Propyllitic Assembalage; Sericite, Chlorite, Epidote, Calcite And Quartz |
ore_ctrl: | Thin Quartz And Calcite Seams (< 2cm To 4 Cm Thick) In Zone Of Four Foot Wide Zone Of Highly Altered Volcanic Rock. |
Reporter: | Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L. |
hrock_type: | Tuff |
Structure: | Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The West, Cleavage Is N45-55 E Dipping 65-84 To The Nw; Deposit Is Generally Conformable Trending N 60 E. |
yfp_ba: | < |
Year first produced: | 1888 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1894 |
References: |
- Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896
- Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152, P. 39
- Production:: LUTTRELL, 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152
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