| Deposit ID | 10247813 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014598 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0370250002 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Furniss Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.4934, 35.3529 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 195 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cabarrus |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Scheelite | Unknown |
| Siderite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -80.4934, 35.3529 |
|---|
| Strike | N60E | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 80N | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nash - Moore Mines, Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1950 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0370250002 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014598 | MAS references MRDS |
CARPENTER, P.A. METALLLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA
PLANNING AND EVALUATION, MINERALS RESOURCE SECTION,
BULL. 84, RALEIGH, NC, 1976, 5 PP.
JONES, J. INVESTIGATION OF FURNISS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS,
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. BUMINES RI 4724, SEPT. 1950,
14 PP.
LAURENCE, R.A. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967,
VOL. 1, NEW YORK, P. 161.
WAR MINERALS REPORT. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN CABARRUS COUNTY,
N.C., 1948.
CARPENTER, P.A. METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA
SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF
NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES, DIV. OF RESOURCE
PLANNING AND EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE SECTION,
BULL. 84, RALEIGH, NC, 1976, PP. 30-31.
CONLEY, J.F. MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH
CAROLINA DEPT. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES, DIV.
OF EARTH RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
SECTION, INFORMATION CIRC. 16, RALEIGH, NC, 1958,
REVISED 1971, PP. 22-24.
JONES, J.O. AND A.L. PEYTON. INVESTIGATION OF FURNISS
TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. BUMINES RI
4724, SEPT. 1950, 14 PP.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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