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Eva Furr Mine

Past Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026439
MRDS ID K005067
Record type Site
Current site name Eva Furr Mine
Alternate or previous names Allen Furr Mine, Silver Valley Mine, Midas
Related records 10126587

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.45647, 35.30454 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDLAND AND LESS THAN 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF GEORGEVILLE.

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

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result USBM ANALYSES OF DRILL CORE SHOWED 0.03% CU AND 0.01% ZN
Result GOLD FROM 0.17 TO 0.27 OPT, AND 2 OPT SILVER. OTHER GOLD ASSAYS (NITZE AND HANNA) FROM 0.25 TO 1.2 OPT, SILVER FROM 1 TO 21 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 Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.45647, 35.30454
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Hill Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORTIONS OF THE QUARTZ VEIN CONTAIN LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF PYRITE. SMALL CUBES OF PYRITE ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE TUFF.u QUARTZ VEIN IS CONTROLLED BY FAULT THAT SHOWS SOME POST-MINERAL MOVEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES AND A 70 FT. SHAFT FROM WHICH, PRIOR TO 1935, DRIFTS HAD BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 75 FT NORTHWARD AND SOUTHWARD ON THE 45 FT. LEVEL

Comments on development

  • MOST MINING DONE PRIOR TO 1896. DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT AT THE MINE IN 1934-1935. DRILL HOLE PUT DOWN BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1954. QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS SULFIDES BETWEEN 166 FT. AND 174 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P 94.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM 0.15 TO 2 M. COMMONLY 1 M THICK.uSULFIDES ARE SOMEWHAT SEGREGATED; MASSIVE PYRITIC LENSES, GALENAuLENSES. DEPOSIT MAY HAVE COMPOUND ORIGIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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