Mine detail: Foust Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.94037, -79.38198

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Rocks Adjacent To Quartz Vein Are Chloritized

References

MRDS	K005087
DEP	10026450
Reference	CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.