Mine detail: Puette Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.82731, -81.6715

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, REE, Zirconium
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1850

Geology

Host rock:	Gneiss And Schist Of Uncertain Age;Quartz-Diorite, Granodiorite And Quartz-Monzonite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	General Northeastward Trend Of Lenticular Bodies And Strike Of Foliation., Northeastward-Trending Lenticular Bodies Of Gneiss And Schist In Younger Gneiss

References

MRDS	W027126
DEP	10078666
Reference	{Deposit:: MCLEAN, 1966 , ORAL COMMUN.}{Deposit:: REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD MAP GQ - 242}{Deposit:: MINE IN MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN}
Reporter	Whitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L.