Mine detail: Hearne Mine

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Location: Stanly County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.32899, -80.22951
dep_id: 10089680
mrds_id: W028075
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Chlorite, Calcite, Epidote
ore_ctrl: Shears Axial-Planar To Regional Anticline
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Gabbro
Structure: Ne-Trending Broad Folds, Axial Planar Shears?
Year first produced: 1850
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 82
  • Deposit:: MINE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500
  • Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE, N.C., MINE
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