Mine detail: Foust Mine

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Location: Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.94037, -79.38198
dep_id: 10026450
mrds_id: K005087
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Aurichalcite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Rocks Adjacent To Quartz Vein Are Chloritized
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1888
References:
  • CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P
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