Mine detail: Belle Mine

Previously called 'Bell Mine'

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Location: Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.43954, -79.46087
dep_id: 10084178
mrds_id: W101204
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Stringer Zone
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: CONFORMABLE TABULAR ZONE
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Propyllitic Assembalage; Sericite, Chlorite, Epidote, Calcite And Quartz
ore_ctrl: Thin Quartz And Calcite Seams (< 2cm To 4 Cm Thick) In Zone Of Four Foot Wide Zone Of Highly Altered Volcanic Rock.
Reporter: Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L.
hrock_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.
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1888
yr_lst_prd: 1894
References:
  • 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
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