Mine detail: Unnamed Amethyst Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.68343, -80.78313

Resource(N)

Primary: Gemstone, Quartz
Orebody form: POD
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Mica Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Tectonic:Piedmont
Alteration processes:None Noted

References

MRDSW027145
DEP10078681
Reference{Deposit:: WHITLOW, J. W., 1967 , APPROXIMATELY LOCATED THE PIT.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1958 , COMPILED BY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIV. OF MIN. RESOUR.}{Deposit:: MINE IN SHEPHERDS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}
ReporterWhitlow, Jesse W.