Mine detail: Hercules Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.88426, -81.68094

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Other material: Galena, Quartz
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
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:A Northeastward Trend Of Foliation And Strike Of Minor Structures, None Noted
Tectonic:Inner Piedmont Of Southeastern United States
Alteration processes:None Noted

References

MRDSW027131
DEP10078670
Reference{Deposit:: CLARK, J. W., 1966 , ORAL COMMUN.}{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 G.Q. 242}{Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND WILKENS, H. A. J., 1897 , GOLD MINING IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT SOUTH APPALACHIAN REGIONS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 10 , TEXT 164 P., MINE TEXT P. 68 .}{Deposit:: 5) MINE IN COLLETTSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOCHEM J. W. WHITLOW, ELEMENTS PRESENT IN THE AREA}
ReporterWhitlow, Jesse W.