Mine detail: Fisher Hill Mine

Previously called 'Includes Millis WillisHillAnd Puckett Mines-On Same 900 Acre Tract. Fisher Hill Northernmost OfGroup'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.99898, -79.82727

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
Orebody form:	PODS AND TABULAR
Discovery year:	1856

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1856

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Small Flat Faults And Shears
Alteration processes:	Chlorite, Sericite, Carbonate

References

MRDS	K005073
DEP	10026442
Reference	{Analytical Data:: E. EMMONS, 1856.}{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.; EMMONS, E., 1856, GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE MIDLAND COUNTIES: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.}
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.