Mine detail: Unnamed Gold Prospect and Sand and Gravel Pit

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Location: Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.98898, -81.55122
dep_id: 10078673
mrds_id: W027136
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold, REE, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Minor mineral: Tin
Trace mineral: Vanadium, Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Ilmenite, Rutile
orebody_fm: CHANNEL FILL
conc_proc: Alluvial Debris From Yadkin River.
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W.
hrock_type: Alluvium
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: WHITLOW, J. W. EXAMINED THE DEPOSIT AND COLLECTED SAMPLES IN 1967 AND 1968
  • Deposit:: PIT IN LENOIR TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1967 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTENT
  • Deposit:: 1968 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTENT
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