Furniss Mine

Past Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247813
MRDS ID W014598
MAS/MILS ID 0370250002
Record type Site
Current site name Furniss Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -80.4934, 35.3529 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Locust(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
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -80.4934, 35.3529

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 80N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N60E:80N
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nash - Moore Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CARPENTER, P.A. METALLLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA

  • Reserve-Resource

    PLANNING AND EVALUATION, MINERALS RESOURCE SECTION,

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULL. 84, RALEIGH, NC, 1976, 5 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, J. INVESTIGATION OF FURNISS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS,

  • Reserve-Resource

    CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. BUMINES RI 4724, SEPT. 1950,

  • Reserve-Resource

    14 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LAURENCE, R.A. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967,

  • Reserve-Resource

    VOL. 1, NEW YORK, P. 161.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WAR MINERALS REPORT. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN CABARRUS COUNTY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    N.C., 1948.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P.A. METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA

  • Deposit

    SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF

  • Deposit

    NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES, DIV. OF RESOURCE

  • Deposit

    PLANNING AND EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE SECTION,

  • Deposit

    BULL. 84, RALEIGH, NC, 1976, PP. 30-31.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F. MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA DEPT. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES, DIV.

  • Deposit

    OF EARTH RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    SECTION, INFORMATION CIRC. 16, RALEIGH, NC, 1958,

  • Deposit

    REVISED 1971, PP. 22-24.

  • Deposit

    JONES, J.O. AND A.L. PEYTON. INVESTIGATION OF FURNISS

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. BUMINES RI

  • Deposit

    4724, SEPT. 1950, 14 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED FOR GOLD INTIL 1906. INVESTIGATED IN 1948 & 1949 BY BUMINES. NO WORKABLE SCHEELITE DEPOSIT INDICATED. INVESTIGATED BY CAROLINA TUNGSTEN CO. IN 1956. NO INFO. AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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