| Deposit ID | 10106093 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028130 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ferris Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Faires Gold Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.82203, 35.32177 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 250 |
| Relative position | 2.8 KM NNE OF RANSON JR. HIGH SCHOOL; NORTHERN CHARLOTTE; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mecklenburg(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Derita(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Mecklenburg |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SIX ASSAYS OF BROWN ORE SHOW GOLD FROM 0.64 TO 6 OPT, SILVER FROM TRACE TO 3.7 OPT |
|---|---|
| Result | THREE ASSAYS OF SULFIDE ORE SHOW GOLD VALUES OF FROM 1.9 TO 1.2 OPT AND SILVER FROM TRACE TO 3.2 |
| Result | THE COPPER CONTENT OF ONE SULFIDE SAMPLE WAS 13.66 PERCENT |
| Result | THE GARRIS VEIN QUARTZ CONTAINED NEARLY 25 PERCENT SULFIDES OF MOSTLY PYRITE AND SOME CHALCOPYRITE WITH SULFIDE CONCENTRATES ASSAYING 2.1 TO 2.9 OPT GOLD |
| Result | TWO ASSAYS OF GOLD ORE SHOWED GOLD VALUES OF 0.25 AN 2.6 OPT AND TRACES OF SILVER |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -80.82203, 35.32177 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gold Hill Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Shear Zones |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 E |
| Dip | 45 SE |
| Thickness | 2.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| District name | Charlotte District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028130 |
NITZE, 1896 ; GOLD VALUED AT $20.67 PER OUNCE, SILVER $1.29 PER OUNCE ; SRC.REF: NITZE AND HANNA, 1896, P. 142-143.
NITZE, H. B. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , TEXT 200 P., MINE TEXT P. 142 , 143 , LOCATED ON MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AT 1:1,600,000
MINE IN DERITA TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN THE NORTH TRACT THE SOUTH VEIN IS 90 M TO 120 M SW OF THE NORTH VEIN; IN THE SOUTH VEIN THE ORE ZONE VARIES FROM 0.6 M TO 2.3 M THICK WITH A PAY STREAK FROM 0.5 M TO 1.3 M THICK; BROWN ORES NEAR THE SURFACE CHANGE TO SULFIDE ORES AT DEPTH AT 27 M; THE GARRIS VEIN IN THE SOUTH TRACT HAD STRIKE N 25 E AND DIP 70 NW WITH ORE ZONE 0.8 M TO 1.7 M THICK CONTAINING INDIVIDUAL SEAMS AS MUCH AS 0.3 M THICK SEPARATED BY MICA SCHISTS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1992 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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