Mine detail: Pyler-Benfield Hiddenite-Emerald Pit

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Location: Alexander County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.9062, -81.08814
dep_id: 10079348
mrds_id: W028595
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Hiddenite, Quartz, Rutile
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
tectonic: Inner Piedmont Belt
Year first produced: 1960
disc_yr: 1960
discr: Pyler Benfield
References:
  • 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
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