Mine detail: Cid Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.70981, -80.10367

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS, STRINGERS, SOME STRATIFORM
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound Exhalative
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1903

Geology

Host rock:	Cid Formation, Mudstone Member
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Open North-East Trending Folds
Alteration processes:	Carbonate, Chlorite

References

MRDS	W101389
DEP	10084217
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L.