Mine detail: Belle Mine

Previously called 'Bell Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.43954, -79.46087

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	CONFORMABLE TABULAR ZONE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Stringer Zone
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1888
Last production ended:	1894

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The West, Cleavage Is N45-55 E Dipping 65-84 To The Nw; Deposit Is Generally Conformable Trending N 60 E.
Alteration processes:	Propyllitic Assembalage; Sericite, Chlorite, Epidote, Calcite And Quartz

References

MRDS	W101204
DEP	10084178
Reference	{Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152, P. 39}{Production:: LUTTRELL, 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152}
Reporter	Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L.