Mine detail: Newell Mine

Previously called 'Dixie Queen Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.27871, -80.55591

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1895-1900, 1923, 1943
First production started: 1895
Last production ended: 1943

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Tectonic:Charlotte Belt
Alteration processes:Chlorite, Sericite

References

MRDSK005095
DEP10026454
Reference{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.; SCHMIDT, R.G., 1978, THE POTENTIAL FOR COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 907-E, PG.E-25.}{Production:: C.B. BROWN, FIELD NOTES.}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.