Mine detail: Whitney Mine

Previously called 'Mcmakin Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.49871, -80.36729

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

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.