Mine detail: Golconda Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.31232, -79.7756

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1904

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1904
Last production ended: 1910

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Alteration processes:Chlorite

References

MRDSK005171
DEP10026498
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.}
ReporterMcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.