Mine detail: Deep River Mine

Previously called 'Coffin'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.95565, -79.932

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1905

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Chloritic, Carbonate, Sericitic

References

MRDS	K005075
DEP	10026445
Reference	{Analytical Data:: PRATT, 1907, P. 38}{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.. PRATT, J.H., 1907, THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORHT CAROLINA DURING 1906: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC PAPER 14. P. 37-38}
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.