Mine detail: Fentress Mine

Previously called 'North Carolina Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.93898, -79.80921

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Limonite, Sericite, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1853

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1853
Last production ended:	1935

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Near The Milton Belt-Slate Belt Boundary

References

MRDS	K005076
DEP	10102381
Reference	{Analytical Data:: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896}{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.}{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CRAOLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3, P. 111.}{Production:: PARDEE AND PARK, 1948}
Reporter	Klein, T.L., Mcdaniel, Ronald D.