Mine detail: Peters Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.69315, -80.23507

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1830

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1861-1865, 1901-1904
Last production ended:	1904

Geology

Host rock:	Tillery Formation
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Gold Hill Fault, Ne-Trending Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Carbonate, Sericite, Silicic

References

MRDS	RE00638
DEP	10055331
Reference	{Analytical Data:: C.B. BROWN, 1934, USGS FIELD NOTES}{Deposit:: POGUE, J.E., 1910, CID MINING DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 22, P. 112-113.}{Deposit:: STROMQUIST, A.R., AND HENDERSON, J.R., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GEOPHYSICAL MAPS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA: USGS MAP I-1400, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: BROWN, C.B., 1934, USGS FIELD NOTE}{Production:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152.}
Reporter	Klein, T.L.