| Deposit ID | 10078171 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026349 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kings Mountain Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Catawba Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.33899, 35.21039 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 256 |
| Relative position | 3.3 KM SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cleveland(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kings Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cleveland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Altaite | Ore |
| Bismutite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Nagyagite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | IN PPM AU 0.38 , AG 0.7 , AS 30,000 , B MORE THAN 2,000 , CO 30 , CR 150 , CU 150 , PB 200 , V 200 , Y 50 , ZR 150 |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||||
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| (1) | -81.33899, 35.21039 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Kings Creek Shear Zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Isoclinal Folds (N 15-25 E) Plunging 20-30 Deg Ne. |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 E |
| Dip | 60 W |
| Length | 450M |
| Width | 45M |
| Depth to bottom | 100M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1829 |
| Year of first production | 1830 |
| Year of last production | 1895 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1895 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1829-1895 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.2o Opt | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1035M |
| Overall depth | 100M |
| Overall length | 411.48M |
| Overall width | 370M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026349 |
WHITLOW, JESSE, 1967 , USGS, WALL ROCK SAMPLE 67 JW 321
NITZE, H. B. C., HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , MINE TEXT P. 146 , 147 , TEXT 200 P.
KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 8 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON GEOL. MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.
MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000. LAPOINT, D.J., 1992, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN GOLD MINE, CLEVELAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: SE SECTION GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FIELD TRIP NO. 4, IN DENNISON J.M., AND STEWART, K.G., 1992, GEOLOGICAL FIELD GUIDS TO NORTH CAROLINA AND VICINITY SE GSA MEETING, WINSTON-SALEM: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK NO.1.
1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS
1967 GEOCHEM WHITLOW, J., GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES
LAPOINT, 1992
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITED IN SILICEOUS DOLOMITE BEDS; DISSEMINATED SULFIDE MINERALS, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND GALENA AGGREGATE 2 TO 3uPERCENT. |
| Deposit | ORE IN SILICEOUS DOLOMITE BEDS SEPARATED BY BLACK GRAPHITIC SLATE CONTAINING COARSE CRYSTALLINE PYRITE WHICH IS BARREN OF GOLD, DISSEMINATED AND IN QUARTZ VEINS WITHIN METATRONDJHEMITE, AND AT THE BASE OF ONE IRON FORMATION UNIT IN HANGING WALL SEDIMENTS; SLATE SCHISTOSITY USUALLY STEEPER THAN DIP OF CARBONATE BEDS. INTERPRETED AS AN STATIBOUND DEPOSIT BY LAPOINT (1992) ASSOCIATED WITH A FELSIC SUBAERIAL ERUPTIVE CENTER AND DEPOSITED IN A SHALLOW WATER-FILLED BASIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1991 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Active since 12/15/1972 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 3100047 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Kings Mountain Plant |
| Current operator | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. |
| Current controller (parent) | Martin Marietta Materials Inc |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1766 m, 0.82 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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