Mine detail: Hoover Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.75148, -79.97284

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Biotite, Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET AND PODS
Discovery year:	1848

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stockwork
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1848, 1881-1895
First production started:	1848
Last production ended:	1895

Geology

Host rock:	Tillery Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Northwest-Trending Group Of Northeast-Trending Silicified Pods
Alteration processes:	Quartz, Potash Feldspar, Sericite, Chlorite, Biotite

References

MRDS	K005183
DEP	10026506
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.}{Production:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948;}
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.