Mine detail: Baltimore Mine

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Location: Davidson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.74899, -80.21009
dep_id: 60001775
mrds_id: W028518
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: HYDROTHERMAL VEIN, REMOBILIZED MASSIVE SULFIDE?
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: SILIC, SERICITIC, CHLORITIC
ore_ctrl: AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEIN
Structure: GOLD HILL FAULT ZONE
Year first produced: 1830
disc_yr: 1830
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 TEXT P. 108, SYMBOLS LOCATE MINES AND PROSPECTS ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.
  • Deposit:: MINE ON DENTON TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.
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