Buffalo Mine

Past Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10105711
MRDS ID	W014528
Record type	Site
Current site name	Buffalo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-80.46813, 35.31649 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	100(meters)
Relative position	Accurated

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
Copper	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Gold	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore

Alteration

(Local) Chlorite-Sericite

Analytical data

Result	0.17 OPT AU

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-80.46813, 35.31649	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Gold Hill Fault Zone

Ore body information

General form TABULAR

General form	TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

Foliation Parallel Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

AT CONTACT BETWEEN FELSIC VOLCANIC AND ARGILLITE UNITS IN THE GOLD HILLuFAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the production information

ORE PRODUCTION AND GOLD RECOVERY FROM QUARTZ VEIN AND PYRITE ORE UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

PROBABLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW GRADE GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN ORE AND GOLD-BEARING PYRITE IN PHYLLITE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

THREE SHAFTS AND THREE TRENCHES ARE PRESENT AT THE MINE. LARGEST SHAFT IS 17 FT IN DHAMETER AND 50 FT DEEP. TRENCHES ARE 6 FT WIDE, 2 FT DEEP, AND 25 FT LONG.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W014528

Bibliographic references

Analytical Data

LUTTRELL,G.W., 1978,USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152
Deposit

NITZE, H. B. C., 1896, "GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA," NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MINE TEXT PG. 93, TEXT 200 PG.; CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, "METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA," N. C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SEC., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:165,000 PG. 27, MINE TEXT PG. 28, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500
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. CARPENTER, P.A.,III, NCGS BULLETIN 84
Production

NITZE, H. B. C., 1896

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-76	D'Agostino, John P.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JUN-91	Klein, T.L.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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