Mine detail: Phoenix Mine

Previously called 'VanderbiltMiami'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.34982, -80.49897

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Barium-Barite, Lead
Ore:	Barite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1856

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

Host type:	Gabbro
Associated rock:	Cid Formation
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Northwesterly- And Norhteasterly-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Eastern Charlotte Belt
Alteration processes:	Chloritic, Epidote, Carbonate

References

MRDS	K005078
DEP	10026447
Reference	{Analytical Data:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948;}{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, 200P.}{Production:: CARPENTER, 1976}
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.