Mine detail: Black Ankle Mine

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.48982, -79.80033
dep_id: 10098198
mrds_id: K005166
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: STRATABOUND
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
alteration: Silification And Sericitization
ore_ctrl: Disseminated Pyrite And Quartz Stringers
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein T.
hrock_unit: Uwharrie Formation
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1928
yr_lst_prd: 1935
disc_yr: 1928
References:
  • Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 213, 156 P.
  • Production:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152
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