Mine detail: Ward Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.70929, -80.07038

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Copper
Discovery year: 1853

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: HYDROTHERMAL QUARTZ VEINS
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1850
Last production ended: 1905

Geology

Structure:INTERSECTING QUARTZ VEINS NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND ARGILLITE, ENE FAULT
Alteration processes:DEEP WEATHERING

References

MRDSW028510
DEP60001767
Reference{Deposit:: POGUE, JOS. E., 1910, CID MINING DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY, BULL. NO. 22, TEXT 144 P., MINE AND PROSPECT TEXT P. 118, SYMBOLS LOCATE MINE AND PROSPECTS ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.}{Deposit:: MINES AND PROSPECTS ON DENTON TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500. EMMONS, E.E., 1856, GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE MIDLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: G.P. PUTNAM, RALEIGH, N.C.;}