| Lat / long: | 35.49871, -80.36729 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Secondary: | Silver |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Zinc, Lead |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Dolomite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Pyromorphite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1842 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hydrothermal Vein |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1842-1861; 1899-1906 |
| First production started: | 1842 |
| Last production ended: | 1906 |
| Host rock: | Tillery Formation |
| Host type: | Argillite |
| Structure: | Gold Hill Fault, Fault Zone Striking N 30-35 E Dipping 75-85 Nw |
| Alteration processes: | Chlorite, Sericite, Silica |
| MRDS | K005063 |
| DEP | 10026438 |
| Reference | {Analytical Data:: LANEY, 1910. P.110}{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.}{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA; NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, 200 P.; LANEY, F.B., 1910, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21.}{Production:: CARPENTER, 1976; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948; C.B. BROWN, USGS FIELD NOTES.}{Reserve-Resource:: LANEY, 1910; PARK AND PARDEE, 1948} |
| Reporter | Mcdaniel, Ronald D., *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L. |