Mine detail: Shaffer Mine

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Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.16344, -80.68869
dep_id: 10079183
mrds_id: W028124
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins Near Contact Of Granite And Mafic Volcanics
Reporter: *gostine, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Mafic Volcanic Rock
arock_type: Granite
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • 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. 144 , 145
  • Deposit:: MINE IN MINT HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE
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