Mine detail: Pax Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.86953, -81.70539

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Ore: Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1850

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Northeast Trending Brevard Fault Zone 1.5 Kilometer Northwest Of Mine
Tectonic:West Side Of Piedmont

References

MRDSW027128
DEP10078667
Reference{Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND WILKENS, 1897 , GOLD MINING IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT APPALACHIAN REGION; NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 10 , TEXT 164 P., MINE TEXT P. 68}{Deposit:: REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGE, NORTH CAROLINA U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY QUADRANGLE MAP GQ 242}{Deposit:: MINE IN MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOCHEM J. W. WHITLOW, TRACE ELEMENT CONTEN}
ReporterWhitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L.