Mine detail: Mclean Deposit

Previously called 'Rumfeldt'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.16622, -81.08342

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR AND BLANKET
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host type:Diorite

References

MRDSW028086
DEP10106089
Reference{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. 148 , LOCATED ON GOLD DEPOSITS MAP AT 1:1,600,000}{Deposit:: MINE IN BELMONT TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N. C., MINE}{Production:: NITZE, 1896}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.