Mine detail: Steel Mine and Saunders Extension

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Location

Lat / long:

35.47288, -80.00256

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1832

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1854
Last production ended:	1888

Geology

Host rock:	Tillery Formation
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Ne-Trending Metamorphic Foliation, Shear Zone Trending N 33 E
Alteration processes:	Extensive Silicification And Chloritization

References

MRDS	W028076
DEP	10079149
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.