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Cid Mine

Past Producer in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084217
MRDS ID W101389
Record type Site
Current site name Cid Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.10367, 35.70981 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(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 Davidson

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonate, Chlorite

Analytical data

Result SILVER FROM 5 TO 15 OPT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Cid Formation, Mudstone Member
    Rock description Cid Formation, Mudstone Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.10367, 35.70981
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Open North-East Trending Folds

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, STRINGERS, SOME STRATIFORM
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 55 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Stratabound Layer

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS BLUE-GRAY ARGILLITE WITH LENSES OF BEDS OF HIGHLY ALTEREDuBASALT FLOW ROCK OR HYALOCLASTIC BRECCIA; POSSIBLE VESICLES. COARSELYuCRYSTALLINE DOLOMITE? IS PROMINANT GANGUE MINERAL. WHITE BARREN QUARTZ IXuABUNDANT ON DUMP. SOME CHALCOPYRITE STRINGERS AND VEINS ASSOCIATED WITHuGLASSY GRAY QUARTZ. STRIKE IS INFERRED AS STRIKE BETWEEN TWO SHAFTS IS Nu30 E; DIP IS 50-55 DEG AT THE SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1903

Mining district

District name Cid District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS ABOUT 30 M APART.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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