Mine detail: Ferris Mine

Previously called 'Faires Gold Mine'

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Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.32177, -80.82203
dep_id: 10106093
mrds_id: W028130
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Sericite
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Of Granite Unit And Diorite-Gabbro
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Gold Hill Fault, Shear Zones
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1896 ; GOLD VALUED AT $20.67 PER OUNCE, SILVER $1.29 PER OUNCE ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 142-143.
  • 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. 142 , 143 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000
  • Deposit:: MINE IN DERITA TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE
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