| Location: | Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.89398, -81.69094 |
| dep_id: | 10106027 |
| mrds_id: | W027132 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Chromium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Scheelite, Stolzite |
| gangue: | Asbestos, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Fluids Concentrating Along Small-Scale Structures And W Eathering Of Host Rocks |
| ore_ctrl: | Northwest Trending Quartz Vein And A Northeastward Trending Ultramafic Dike That Was Prospected For Asbestos |
| Reporter: | Whitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_type: | Ultramafic Intrusive Rock |
| Structure: | Northeastward Trending Foliation At The Mine Along The Brevard Fault Zone A Mile To Northwest |
| tectonic: | Blue Ridge Province |
| Year first produced: | 1857 |
| References: |
- 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
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