Mine detail: Howie Mine

Previously called 'ColossusCondor MineLawson'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.9565, -80.71508

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1840

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1841
Last production ended: 1935

Geology

Host rock:Tillery Formation
Host type:Argillite
Structure:Gold Hill Fault Zone, Dextral Ene-Trending Shear Zone
Alteration processes:Sericite, Biotite, Silica, And Potash Feldspar

References

MRDSK005239
DEP10026532
Reference{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.; SCHROEDER, K.E. AND ALLEN, C.R., 1988, STRUCTURAL CONTROLS OF A SHEAR-ZONE HOSTED GOLD DEPOSIT IN THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT: IN KISVARSANYI AND GRANT EDS. NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON TECTONIC CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITS AND THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL EXENT OF ORE SYSTEMS. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, P 482-490.}{Production:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948; MINING JOURNAL MAY 30, 1986.}{Reserve-Resource:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948; MINING JOUNAL MAY 30,1986}
ReporterMcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.