| Lat / long: | 35.7062, -80.20007 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Lead |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Freibergite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Tremolite |
| Orebody form: | WEST-PLUNGING LENSES |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stratabound Exhalative |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1838-1868, 1898-1900, 1938 |
| First production started: | 1838 |
| Last production ended: | 1938 |
| Host rock: | Mudstone Member Of The Cid Formation |
| Host type: | Argillite |
| Associated rock: | Cid Formation |
| Associated type: | Andesite |
| Structure: | Gold Hill Fault Zone. Produces Cleavage Of N 15-30 E 80 Nw Dip. East Of Deposit Broad Folds Priduce N 50 E 50 Nw Axial Planar Cleavage., Bedding 45-65 Deg Nw Dip. Near Hinge Of Anticline With Limbs Dipping 80 Nw. 0.5 To 4 M Vertically Dipping Shear Zones Are Encountered Underground. Two Parallel Concordant Ore Beds Are Moderatley Plunging Along Bedding To The Nw.T |
| Alteration processes: | Chlorite, Calcite, Tremolite, Sericite, And Epidote |
| MRDS | K005062 |
| DEP | 10026437 |
| Reference | {Analytical Data:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152; INDORF, C. 1981.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.; INDORF, C.P., 1981, THE SILVER HILL ZINC DEPOSIT AND ASSOCIATED DEPOSITS, CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.76, P. 1170-1185.; POGUE, J.E., 1910, THE CID MINING DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN 22.}{Production:: ANNUAL PRODUCTION FROM PARDEE AND PARK, 1948. KLEIN, T.L. USGS, CALCULATIONS OF CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION BASED ON POGUE (1910)} |
| Reporter | Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L. |