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Tucker Mine, Northern Shaft

Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071286
MRDS ID W014593
Record type Site
Current site name Tucker Mine, Northern Shaft
Alternate or previous names California Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.50702, 35.3401 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cabarrus

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Carbonatization

Analytical data

Result 0.75 OPT GOLD ($15/TON ORE AT $20/0Z)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Mudstone Member Of The Cid Formation
    Rock description Mudstone Member Of The Cid Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Mudstone Member Of The Cid Formation
    Rock description Mudstone Member Of The Cid Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.50702, 35.3401
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones Striking N 45 And N 80 E. Host Rock Metamorphic Foliation N 45 E, All With Vertical Dip.

Ore body information

  • General form TABLULAR-INTERSECTING VEINS
    Strike N 45 AND N 80 E
    Dip 90
    Length 170M
    Depth to bottom 53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Structures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR GRANITIC INTRUSION SIMILAR TO PHOENIX AND FURNISS MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of last production 1884

Comments on the workings information

  • SEE W014597

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE AND HANNA, 1896

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA", N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MINE TEXT PG. 38, TEXT 166 PG; MINE SITE IN CONCORD SE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,00

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ALONG BOTH VEIN TRENDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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