Mine detail: Hamme Mine

Previously called 'Haile MinesTungsten Mining Corp., Tungsten Queen'

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Location: Vance, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.51675, -78.4664
dep_id: 10099364
mrds_id: SP00010
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Copper
Trace mineral: Gold, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Huebnerite, Molybdenite, Rhodochrosite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
gangue: Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite
Reporter: Hobbs, Warren S.
hrock_type: Phyllite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Shear Zone Near Phyllite-Granodiorite Contact
tectonic: Paleozoic Orogenic Belt (Blue Ridge-Piedmont Area Of The Appalacian Mountains)
Year first produced: 1942
yr_lst_prd: 1971
disc_yr: 1942
References:
  • Deposit:: GAIR, J.E., 1977, MAPS AND DIAGRAMS SHOWING STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF THE HAMME TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, VANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MAP I-1009.. . ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1947, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF VANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 948-A, 17 P.. . PARKER, J.M. 3RD, 1963, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE HAMME TUNGSTEN DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1122-G, 69 P.. . AMAX INC., TUNGSTEN NEWS, VOL. 21, NO. 1, WINTER 1983, 27 P
  • Production:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W111
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