| Location: | Burke County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.87703, -81.78511 |
| dep_id: | 10078671 |
| mrds_id: | W027134 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Niobium (Columbium), Tin, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chlorite, Gold, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | LINEAR IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| alteration: | Chloritization Of Granite |
| conc_proc: | Weathering Residual, Secondary Enrichment Close To Volcanics |
| ore_ctrl: | Quartz Veins In The Host Granite |
| Reporter: | Whitlow, Jesse W. |
| hrock_unit: | Brown Mountain Granite |
| hrock_type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Major Faults Northwest And Southeast Of Mine. |
| tectonic: | East Side Of Blueridge Province |
| Year first produced: | 1850 |
| disc_yr: | 1850 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ALDERICH, 1968 , ORAL COMMUN.
- Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B. 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , 200 P., 9 PLS, 19 FIGS., MAP, ( DESCRIP., P. 175 )
- Deposit:: MINE IN CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
- Deposit:: 1968 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTENT OF HOST ROC
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