| Location: | Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.47288, -80.00256 |
| dep_id: | 10079149 |
| mrds_id: | W028076 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Lead, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hydrothermal Vein |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Chlorite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Extensive Silicification And Chloritization |
| ore_ctrl: | Ne-Trending Shear Zones |
| Reporter: | *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_unit: | Tillery Formation |
| hrock_type: | Argillite |
| Structure: | Ne-Trending Metamorphic Foliation, Shear Zone Trending N 33 E |
| yfp_ba: | < |
| Year first produced: | 1854 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1888 |
| disc_yr: | 1832 |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1896 ; 4 ASSAYS EACH OF ORE TYPE NO. 1 AND NO. 2
- 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. 77 , 78
- Deposit:: MINE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500; PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, P. 83-84.
- Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N.C., MINE
- Production:: NITZE, 1896; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948.
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