Mine detail: Ray Mine

Previously called 'Baltimore and North Carolina Mining Co. Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.14067, -80.74174

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	WIDE ZONE CONTAINING MANY QUARTZ VEINS
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	W028440
DEP	10079252
Reference	{Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1896 ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 144.}{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. 143, 144.}{Deposit:: MINE IN MINT HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, III, P.A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, TEXT 166 P., MINE TEXT P. 79, 80, MAP AT 1:130,000.}{Deposit:: KERR, W.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1893, ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTH CAROLINA, TEXT 359 P., MINE TEXT P. 302.}{Deposit:: 1885 COMPILE KERR, N.C. STATE, MINES}{Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINES}{Deposit:: 1976 COMPILE CARPENTER, N.C. STATE, MINES}
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.