Mine detail: Hopkins Diggings

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Location: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.43871, -80.43229
dep_id: 10079147
mrds_id: W028071
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Epidote, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
alteration: Chlorite, Epidote
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins In Shear Zones
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Cid Formation
hrock_type: Tuff
Structure: West Of Gold Hill Fault Zone, Shear Zones
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • 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
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