Mine detail: Mountain Creek Prospect

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Location: Saluda County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.99653, -81.99624
dep_id: 10307215
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Quartz, Pyrophyllite, Chloritoid
alteration: Silicification, Sericitation And Pyrophyllite
Reporter: Maybin, A.H., Iii, Nicholson, S.W.
Structure: Metavolcanics
References:
  • Mittwede,S.K., And Maybin, A.H., Iii, 1985, The Faulkner Mountain Alteration Zone, Carolina Slate Belt, Western South Carolina, In Kula C. Misra, Ed, Volcanogenic Sulfide And Precious Metal Mineralization In The Southern Appalachians: UniMittwede,S.K., And Maybin, A.H., Iii, 1985, The Faulkner Mountain Alteration Zone, Carolina Slate Belt, Western South Carolina, In Kula C. Misra, Ed, Volcanogenic Sulfide And Precious Metal Mineralization In The Southern Appalachians: Uni
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