Mine detail: Eldorado Quartz Mine

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.47566, -80.0195
dep_id: 10079291
mrds_id: W028492
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Stockwork
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Quartz
orebody_fm: LARGE POD
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Tillery Formation
hrock_type: Basalt
Structure: Ne Shear System
tectonic: Carolina Slate Belt
Year first produced: 1960
disc_yr: 1960
References:
  • Deposit:: CONLEY, JAMES F., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE ALBEMARLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL. 75, TEXT 26 P., MINE TEXT P. 18, MINE SYMBOLS SHOWN ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.
  • Deposit:: MINE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.
  • Deposit:: MCDANIEL, RONALD D., AND MCKENZIE, BENJAMIN J., 1976, DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL PRODUCTS, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, TEXT 64 P., MINE TEXT P. 41.
  • Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP CONLEY, N. C. STATE, GEOLOGIC MAP
  • Deposit:: 1976 COMPILE MCDANIEL, N. C. STATE, MINES
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