Mine detail: Emmons Mine

Previously called 'Davidson Mine Or Hercules Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.69315, -80.10645

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1861

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1861
Last production ended:	1904

Geology

Host type:

Argillite

References

MRDS	K005069
DEP	10026440
Reference	{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.}{Production:: CARPENTER, 1976}
Reporter	*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.