Mine detail: Ward Mine

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Location: Davidson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.70929, -80.07038
dep_id: 60001767
mrds_id: W028510
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: HYDROTHERMAL QUARTZ VEINS
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
alteration: DEEP WEATHERING
conc_proc: RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION
ore_ctrl: QUARTZ VEINS
Structure: INTERSECTING QUARTZ VEINS NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND ARGILLITE, ENE FAULT
Year first produced: 1850
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1905
disc_yr: 1853
References:
  • 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.;
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