Mine detail: Hamme Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long:

36.51675, -78.4664

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Gold, Bismuth
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Huebnerite, Molybdenite, Rhodochrosite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host type:	Phyllite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Shear Zone Near Phyllite-Granodiorite Contact
Tectonic:	Paleozoic Orogenic Belt (Blue Ridge-Piedmont Area Of The Appalacian Mountains)

References

MRDS	SP00010
DEP	10099364
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hobbs, Warren S.