| Lat / long: | 35.14622, -80.5923 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Tertiary: | Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1880 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hydrothermal Vein |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1890-1910 |
| First production started: | 1890 |
| Host type: | Andesite |
| Associated rock: | Albemarle Group |
| Associated type: | Argillite |
| Structure: | Gold Hill Fault, Vein May Be Along Faulted Contact Between Metabasalt And Argillite |
| Tectonic: | Western Margin Of The Carolina Slate Belt |
| Alteration processes: | Silicic, Calcitic, Chloritic, Sericitic |
| MRDS | K005232 |
| DEP | 10026528 |
| Reference | {Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES 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, 200P.} |
| Reporter | *gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L. |