Mine detail: Dan Hopkins Diggings

Previously called 'Hopkins No.2'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.46843, -80.44729

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1850

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Mount Pleasant Pluton
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	West Of Gold Hill Fault, Fault Zones
Alteration processes:	Sericite, Chlorite

References

MRDS	W028069
DEP	10079145
Reference	{Deposit:: SUNDELIUS, H. W., AND STROMQUIST, A. A., 1978 IN PRESS GEOL. MAP OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT QUAD, CABARRUS AND STANLEY COUNTIES, N.C., USGS, DRAFT COPY, 1:62,500}{Deposit:: MINE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500}{Deposit:: 1978 GEOMAP SUNDELIUS, GEOLOG}{Production:: SUNDELIUS, 1978}
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.