Mine detail: Stone Hill Mine

Previously called 'Woods Copper Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.48348, -85.45828

Resource(B)

Primary: Sulfur, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1874

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Hornblendite

References

MRDSW102240
DEP10084786
ReferenceESPENSHADE, G., 1963, GEOLOGY OF SOME COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINA AND ALABAMA; USGS, BULLETIN 1142-I, PP 42-46
ReporterCannon, S. S.