Mine detail: Morris Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Davis Or Dutton Mine'

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.4826, -80.03728
dep_id: 10026495
mrds_id: K005168
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: QUARTZ STRINGERS IN FRACTURE ZONE
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicic
ore_ctrl: Quartz Stringers In Fault
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Tillery Formation
hrock_type: Argillite
arock_unit: Tillery Formation
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Shear Zone In Argillite, Near Contact With Flow Banded Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1890
yr_lst_prd: 1910
References:
  • Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896
  • 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
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