Location: | Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.42204, -79.6181 |
dep_id: | 10104194 |
mrds_id: | RE00507 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Gold, Pyrite |
gangue: | Quartz, Sericite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
model: | 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
alteration: | Sericitic, Silicic, Chlorite |
conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Deposition In Silicified, Sericitized Felsic Volcanics, Probably Near Lithologic Contact. Gold May Have Been Enriched By Weathering And Reprecipitation. |
Reporter: | Klein, T.L. |
hrock_type: | Tuff |
arock_type: | Tuff |
Structure: | Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The Northwest, Subparallel To Cleavage (N 20-25 E Dipping 55 Nw) |
Year first produced: | 1830 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1916 |
prod_yrs: | 1830-1880; 1894-95; 1906; 1915-1916 |
References: |
- Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-152
- Deposit:: POWER, J. AND KLEIN, T.L., USGS SITE VISIT
- Production:: LUTTRELL, 1978
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