Mine detail: Burns Mine

Previously called 'AlredBurns and Alred'

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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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