Mine detail: Baker Mine

Previously called 'Baker Hill'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.89398, -81.69094

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Chromium
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Scheelite, Stolzite
Gangue:	Asbestos, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1857

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Northeastward Trending Foliation At The Mine Along The Brevard Fault Zone A Mile To Northwest
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDS	W027132
DEP	10106027
Reference	{Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND WILKENS, H. A. J., 1897 , GOLD MINING IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT SOUTH APPALACHIAN REGIONS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 10 , 164 P., 10 PLS., 31 FIGS., ( DESCRIP., P. 68 )}{Deposit:: REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ 242}{Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 176 , 177}{Deposit:: MINE IN COLLETTSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000. LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, USGS OPRN-FILE REPORT 78-152, PL 25.}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION}{Deposit:: NONE KNOWN}
Reporter	Whitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L.