Mine detail: Brown Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.87703, -81.78511

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Niobium (Columbium), Tin, Silver
Ore:	Chlorite, Gold, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1850

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Brown Mountain Granite
Host type:	Granite
Structure:	Major Faults Northwest And Southeast Of Mine.
Tectonic:	East Side Of Blueridge Province
Alteration processes:	Chloritization Of Granite

References

MRDS	W027134
DEP	10078671
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Whitlow, Jesse W.