Mine detail: Scott Hill Mine

Location:	Burke County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.85953, -81.69011
dep_id:	10100204
mrds_id:	W027127
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Lead, Silver, Bismuth
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Galena, Gold, Pyrite
gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration:	None Noted
conc_proc:	Weathering Residue, Secondary Enrichment, Placer
Reporter:	Whitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Northeastward-Striking Foliation In Gneiss And Schist
tectonic:	Inner Piedmont
Year first produced:	1850
ylp_ba:	<
yr_lst_prd:	1896
disc_yr:	1850
References:	Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND WILKENS, H. A. J., 1897 , GOLD MINING IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT SOUTH APPALACHIAN REGIONS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 10 , P. 6B Deposit:: HOLCOMB, MIKE, 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:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 175 - 176 . Deposit:: 5) MINE IN MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL UNKNOWN Deposit:: GEOLMAP KEITH, ARTHUR, AND STERRETT, D. B. Deposit:: 1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION