| Lat / long: | 35.47288, -80.00256 |
| Primary: | Gold, Lead, Silver |
| Secondary: | Zinc, Copper |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Chlorite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1832 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hydrothermal Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1854 |
| Last production ended: | 1888 |
| Host rock: | Tillery Formation |
| Host type: | Argillite |
| Structure: | Ne-Trending Metamorphic Foliation, Shear Zone Trending N 33 E |
| Alteration processes: | Extensive Silicification And Chloritization |
| MRDS | W028076 |
| DEP | 10079149 |
| Reference | {Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1896 ; 4 ASSAYS EACH OF ORE TYPE NO. 1 AND NO. 2}{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. 77 , 78}{Deposit:: MINE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500; PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, P. 83-84.}{Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, STATE N.C., MINE}{Production:: NITZE, 1896; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948.} |
| Reporter | *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L. |