Mine detail: Gardner Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.98759, -79.89117

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
Gangue: Chlorite, Limonite, Magnetite, Sericite
Orebody form: TABULAR AND PODS
Discovery year: 1856

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1857
Last production ended: 1865

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Three Ne-Trending Shear Zones
Alteration processes:Sericite, Chlorite, Calcite

References

MRDSK005072
DEP10026443
Reference{Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896.}{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.; LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA:USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152; EMMONS, E., 1856, GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.}{Production:: EMMONS, 1856}
ReporterMcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.