Mine detail: Pyler-Benfield Hiddenite-Emerald Pit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.9062, -81.08814

Resource(N)

Primary: Gemstone
Ore: Hiddenite, Quartz, Rutile
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1960

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Granite
Tectonic:Inner Piedmont Belt

References

MRDSW028595
DEP10079348
Reference{Deposit:: PIT LOCATED ON HIDDENITE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSER. AND DEVEL., 1958, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA SCALE 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: *GOSTINO, J. P., 1979, PERSONAL OBSERVATION.}{Deposit:: 1980 COMPILE *GOSTINO, MINES MA}{Production:: *GOSTINO, 1979}
Reporter*gostino, John P.