Mine detail: Lindsay Mine

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Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.92815, -79.23587
dep_id: 10026492
mrds_id: K005164
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Carbonate, Sericitic, Chloritic
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins In Shear Zone
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Shear Zone
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1857
References:
  • Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, NCGS BULLETIN 3
  • 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.
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