Ward Mine

Past Producer in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001767
MRDS ID W028510
Record type Site
Current site name Ward Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.07038, 35.70929 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.07038, 35.70929

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description INTERSECTING QUARTZ VEINS NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND ARGILLITE
Type of structure Regional
Structure description ENE FAULT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1853
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1905

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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