Mine detail: Beaver Dam Placer

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.48371, -80.09506
dep_id: 10079142
mrds_id: W028064
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
orebody_fm: STREAM TERRACE GRAVEL BED AND UNKNOWN FORM IN BEDROCK
work_type: Surface
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_unit: Tillery Formation
hrock_type: Argillite
arock_unit: Tillery Formation
arock_type: Mafic Volcanic Rock
Year first produced: 1850
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Analytical Data:: NITZE, 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. 78 , 79
  • Deposit:: MINE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500
  • Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N.C., MINE
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