Mine detail: Eldorado Quartz Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.47566, -80.0195

Resource(N)

Primary: Quartz
Ore: Quartz
Orebody form: LARGE POD
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Stockwork
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1960

Geology

Host rock:Tillery Formation
Host type:Basalt
Structure:Ne Shear System
Tectonic:Carolina Slate Belt

References

MRDSW028492
DEP10079291
Reference{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}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.