Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlThick Quartz Vein Cutting Metamorphosed Diorite And Chloritic Country Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueMagnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Tectonic settingCharlotte Belt
AlterationChlorite, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1895-1900, 1923, 1943
First production1895
Last production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10026454
MRDS IDK005095
Alternate namesDixie Queen Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.27871, -80.55591
References
CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.; SCHMIDT, R.G., 1978, THE POTENTIAL FOR COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 907-E, PG.E-25.C.B. BROWN, FIELD NOTES.