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Ellwood Mine

Producer in Rutherford county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071259
MRDS ID W014546
Record type Site
Current site name Ellwood Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.94151, 35.40982 (WGS84)
Relative position ON CATHEY CREEK, 5 KM N 20 DEG E FROM RUTHERFORDTON AND 2.5 KM SW OF THE ALTA GOLD MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rutherfordton North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Rutherford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU FROM 0.2 TO 0.33 OPT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.94151, 35.40982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Discordant Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form DISCORDANT VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Discordant Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GNEISS FABRIC IS N 60 DEG W DIPPING 25 DEG NE. FIVE PARALLEL, DISCORDANT, QUARTZ VEINSuSTRIKE N 50 E AND DIP 80 DEG NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1846
Year of first production 1846
Year of last production 1893

Comments on development

  • MININGABOVE WATER TABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 170.

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA", NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 170, TEXT 200 PG.; MINE AREA IN RUTHERFORD NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,00

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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