Premetamorphic hydrothermal origin of the Tungsten Queen vein, Hamme District, North Carolina, as indicated by mineral textures and minor structures

Michael P. Foose; John F. Slack

doi:10.3133/ofr78427

Premetamorphic hydrothermal origin of the Tungsten Queen vein, Hamme District, North Carolina, as indicated by mineral textures and minor structures

Open-File Report 78-427

By: Michael P. Foose and John F. Slack

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr78427

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Textural and structural evidence for a predeformation hydrothermal origin of the Tungsten Queen Deposit, Hamme District, North Carolina(1980)

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Abstract

The Hamme Tungsten district is a 13-km long, 2-km wide, northeast-trending belt located in northern Vance County, North Carolina and southern Mecklenburg County, Virginia (Fig. 1). The district contains the largest quartz-wolframite-type vein deposits in the United States. Over 50 tungsten-bearing veins occur in this area (Espenshade, 1947), from which more than 1 million short ton units of WO₃ have been produced since World War II Mining terminated in 1971 after a sharp drop in the price of tungsten; currently, the district is inactive.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Premetamorphic hydrothermal origin of the Tungsten Queen vein, Hamme District, North Carolina, as indicated by mineral textures and minor structures
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	78-427
DOI	10.3133/ofr78427
Year Published	1978
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Description	iv, 34 p.
Country	United States
State	North Carolina, Virginia
Other Geospatial	Hamme District