Mine detail: Eva Furr Mine

Previously called 'Allen Furr MineSilver Valley MineMidas'

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.30454, -80.45647
dep_id: 10026439
mrds_id: K005067
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
conc_proc: Massive Lenses Of Pyrite And Galena Suggest That Sulfides May Have Been In Part Emplaced As Stratabound Massive Sulfides Similar To Those At Silver Hill.
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Tillery Formation
hrock_type: Argillite
Structure: Gold Hill Fault Zone
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1896
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.
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.