Mine detail: Phifer Mine

Previously called 'Phifer Or Price Gold Mine'

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Location: Union County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.04233, -80.69424
dep_id: 10102383
mrds_id: K005250
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Sericite
orebody_fm: LENSES IN SILCICEOUS ZONE
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Argillite
Year first produced: 1885
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES 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., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, 200P.
  • Production:: CARPENTER, 1976
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