Mine detail: Hovey Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.28788, -80.87564

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Tectonic:	Charlotte Belt
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	W028149
DEP	10079205
Reference	MATTOX, TOM, 1977 , PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION; LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152, P. 23
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.