Mine detail: Argo Mine

Previously called 'Mann-Arrington'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.12925, -77.99889

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES AND PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1894

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Near Hollister Shear Zone, Ne-Trending Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Eastern Carolina Slate Belt
Alteration processes:	Chlorite

References

MRDS	W101431
DEP	10084228
Reference	{Deposit:: PARDEE PARK , 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, P. 64. LESURE, F.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P.A.,III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 84, P. 51.}
Reporter	Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L.