Mine detail: Rudisil Mine

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Location:	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.20261, -80.86842
dep_id:	10079128
mrds_id:	W028045
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Trace mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue:	Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
orebody_fm:	LENSES AND PODS
work_type:	Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration:	Silicic, Carbonate, Sericitic
ore_ctrl:	Quartz Veins Along The Contact Between Slate Screen And Granite. Gabbro Is Present On The Opposite Side Of The Screen.
Reporter:	*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type:	Granite
arock_type:	Argillite
tectonic:	Charlotte Belt
Year first produced:	1830
yr_lst_prd:	1908
disc_yr:	1829
prod_yrs:	1830-1833 1837-1860 1880-1887 1905-1908
References:	Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1896 ; FIVE GROUPS OF ASSAYS WITH GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE AND SILVER AT $1.29 PER OUNCE PER TON ORE ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896 Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 126 - 129 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000 Deposit:: MINE IN CHARLOTTE EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: EMMONS, E., 1856 , MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TEXT 351 P., MINE TEXT P. 175 - 177; PARDEE, J.T. AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213. Deposit:: 1856 COMPILE EMMONS, N.C. STATE, MINES Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINES Production:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, P. 78