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Durham Mine

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078176
MRDS ID W026356
Record type Site
Current site name Durham Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.3351, 35.16789 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 8.1 KM SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.3351, 35.16789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW - GRADE GOLD ORE REMAINS

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE FEW GOLD MINES WEST OF CAROLINA BARITE BELT, NEARLY ALL OF THE MANY GOLD MINES ARE TO THE EAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 9 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD MINE SITED IN BASAL UNIT OF BATTLEGROUND SCHIST
Deposit RUSTY CELLULAR QUARTZ VEINS IN PLACES WITH LIMONITE GOSSAN; IN PLACES SOME FRESH PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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