Mine detail: Cid Mine

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Location: Davidson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.70981, -80.10367
dep_id: 10084217
mrds_id: W101389
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Exhalative
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINS, STRINGERS, SOME STRATIFORM
work_type: Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration: Carbonate, Chlorite
ore_ctrl: Ne-Trending Stratabound Layer
Reporter: Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Cid Formation, Mudstone Member
hrock_type: Argillite
Structure: Open North-East Trending Folds
Year first produced: 1882
yr_lst_prd: 1903
disc_yr: 1882
References:
  • Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896
  • Deposit:: POGUE, J.E., 1910, CID MINING DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 22., P. 117
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