Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formWIDE ZONE CONTAINING MANY QUARTZ VEINS
Ore controlMine Near Contact Of Felsic Tuff And Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10079252
MRDS IDW028440
Alternate namesBaltimore and North Carolina Mining Co. Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.14067, -80.74174
References
NITZE, 1896 ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 144.NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 143, 144.MINE IN MINT HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.CARPENTER, III, P.A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, TEXT 166 P., MINE TEXT P. 79, 80, MAP AT 1:130,000.KERR, W.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1893, ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTH CAROLINA, TEXT 359 P., MINE TEXT P. 302.1885 COMPILE KERR, N.C. STATE, MINES1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINES1976 COMPILE CARPENTER, N.C. STATE, MINES