Mine detail: Uwarra Mine

Previously called 'Montgomery Mine'

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.31343, -79.77088
dep_id: 10055265
mrds_id: RE00557
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: Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Carbonate, Silicic, Epidotitic
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins Emplaced In Fractures
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Ne-Trending Persistent Fracture System
Year first produced: 1903
yr_lst_prd: 1916
disc_yr: 1901
prod_yrs: 1903-1911; 1914-1916
References:
  • Analytical Data:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, P. 83.
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T. AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, P. 82.
  • 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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