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Shuford Mine

Producer in Catawba county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078678
MRDS ID W027142
Record type Site
Current site name Shuford Mine
Alternate or previous names Catawba Gold Mine, Cansler and Shuford Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.05148, 35.64982 (WGS84)
Elevation 311
Relative position 3.6 KM EAST OF BANDY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catawba(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catawba(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Catawba

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHERN END OF ANDERSON MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGE WORKINGS FOR GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization In Brecciated Silica-Rich Sericite Schist.

Analytical data

Result MUCH DATA FROM UNPUBLISHED RESULTS OF SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF SOIL, SAPROLITE, AND ROCK FRAGMENT SAMPLES. MANY SAMPLE FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE PIT CONTAIN HIGH VALUES OF BI, CU, PB, CO, V.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Kings Mountain Group
    Rock description Kings Mountain Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.05148, 35.64982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Eastward Trending Bodies Of Different Lithologies And Foliation
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Displacement Faults And Shears In Sericite Schist.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BLANKET
    Dip 90
    Length 250M
    Width 100M
    Depth to bottom 29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crossing Of Shear Zone S At End Of A Ridge Of Silica Rich Sericite Schist.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY OF THE AREA NOT WELL KNOWN. METAMORPHIC GRADE IS HIGH, TO SILLIMANITE GRADE. MOST OF COUNTRY ROCK IS SERICITE SCHIST AND PEGMATITE. SILICA-RICH RIDGE EAST OF MINE PIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Discoverer Reportedly By A Slave Of Shuford

Mining district

District name Anderson Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred Kirksey

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GOLD IS PRESENT IN THE AREA BUT BELOW ORE GRADES EXCEPT LOCALLY. SMALL NODULES OF ORE GRADE ROCK ARE TOO THINLY DISSEMINATED TO MAKE ORE OF THE HOST ROCK

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.5HA
    Length 250M
    Overall depth 29M
    Overall length 228.6M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • REPORTEDLY 4 FEET THICKNESS OF ALLUVIUM AND SAPROLITE FROM AREA WASHED FOR GOLD. PIT IN SAPROLITE IS SOFT AT DEPTH OF 90 FT. (27 M).

Comments on development

  • MINERS REPORT SMALL POCKETS AND NODULES IN THE ROCK CONTAIN MUCH GOLD BUT TOO THINLY DISSEMINATED TO SUPPORT A MINING OPERATION. CORE DRILLING PROGRAM IN 1930'S. NO REPORT OF RESULTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHEARS AND OTHER LOCAL STRUCTURES CROSS THE REGIONAL TREND (N 30 E, EASTERLY DIP) AT A LOW ANGLE, EXCEPT THE SILICA-RICH RIDGE EAST OF THE PIT TRENDS N 90 E, SEVERAL HILLS AND SHORT RIDGES WITHIN 3 KM OF THE SHUFORD MINE CONTAIN A SIMILAR LOOKING QUARTZ BUT NO ECONOMIC GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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