Mine detail: Rudisil Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.20261, -80.86842

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Orebody form: LENSES AND PODS
Discovery year: 1829

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1830-1833 1837-1860 1880-1887 1905-1908
First production started: 1830
Last production ended: 1908

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Argillite
Tectonic:Charlotte Belt
Alteration processes:Silicic, Carbonate, Sericitic

References

MRDSW028045
DEP10079128
Reference{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}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.