Mine detail: Ore Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.65981, -79.42198

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Goethite, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1750

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1775
Last production ended:	1903

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Nw- And Ne-Trending Fractures
Alteration processes:	Sericite, Pyrophyllite (Immediately West Of Deposit)

References

MRDS	K005045
DEP	10102379
Reference	{Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1893}{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.; NITZE, H.B., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, P. 51-56.; KERR, W.C. AND HANNA, B., 1888, ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPTER II, P. 137-139}
Reporter	Carpenter Iii, Albert P., Klein, T.L.