Mine detail: Gold Hill Mines

Previously called 'Includes RandolphMillerBarnhardtEarnhardtNorth Shafts'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.5126, -80.34535

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR PODS
Discovery year:	1842

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1842
Last production ended:	1915

Geology

Host rock:	Tillery Formation
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Gold Hill Fault Zone, Veins Are Both Conformable To Schistocity In The Fault Zone And At Acute Angles To It.
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	W016663
DEP	10093647
Reference	{Deposit:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213. LANEY, F.B., 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICIAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 21}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Klein, T.L.