Mine detail: Faggart Mine

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Location: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.37038, -80.49924
dep_id: 10089684
mrds_id: W028093
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, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Hornblendite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Charlotte Belt
Year first produced: 1850
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1896
  • 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. 123
  • Deposit:: MINE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500
  • Deposit:: SUNDELIUS, H. W., AND STROMQUIST, A. A., 1978 IN PRESS, GEOL. MAP OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT QUAD, CABARRUS AND STANLEY COUNTIES, N.C., USGS, DRAFT COPY, 1:62,500
  • Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N.C., MINE
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