Mine detail: Puette Mine

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Location: Burke County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.82731, -81.6715
dep_id: 10078666
mrds_id: W027126
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Silver, REE, Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Gneiss And Schist Of Uncertain Age;Quartz-Diorite, Granodiorite And Quartz-Monzonite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: General Northeastward Trend Of Lenticular Bodies And Strike Of Foliation., Northeastward-Trending Lenticular Bodies Of Gneiss And Schist In Younger Gneiss
Year first produced: 1850
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • 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
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