Mine detail: Smart Mine

Previously called 'Bonnie Doon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.08928, -80.65369

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead, Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1835

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1911

Geology

Host type:Argillite
Structure:Gold Hill Fault

References

MRDSK005237
DEP10026531
Reference{Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 100.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES 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.}{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, 200P.}{Production:: PRODUCTION C.B. BROWN, 1934, UNPUBLISHED FILED NOTES; GRADE FROM PRATT, 1907, N.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. PAPER 14, P. 61-62.}{Reserve-Resource:: PRATT, J.H., 1907, NCGS BULL. 14, P. 16}
ReporterMcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L., *gostino, John P.