Mine detail: Kings Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Catawba Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.21039, -81.33899

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Tellurium, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony, Copper, Bismuth
Ore: Altaite, Bismutite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Nagyagite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Dolomite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: LENSES
Discovery year: 1829

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Exhalative
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1830
Last production ended: 1895

Geology

Host type:Dacite
Structure:Kings Creek Shear Zone, Isoclinal Folds (N 15-25 E) Plunging 20-30 Deg Ne.
Alteration processes:Silica, Sericite

References

MRDSW026349
DEP10078171
Reference{Analytical Data:: WHITLOW, JESSE, 1967 , USGS, WALL ROCK SAMPLE 67 JW 321}{Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., HANNA, G. B., 1896 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3 , MINE TEXT P. 146 , 147 , TEXT 200 P.}{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 8 , SYMBOL LOCATES MINE ON GEOL. MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.}{Deposit:: MINE SITE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000. LAPOINT, D.J., 1992, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN GOLD MINE, CLEVELAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: SE SECTION GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FIELD TRIP NO. 4, IN DENNISON J.M., AND STEWART, K.G., 1992, GEOLOGICAL FIELD GUIDS TO NORTH CAROLINA AND VICINITY SE GSA MEETING, WINSTON-SALEM: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK NO.1.}{Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOCHEM WHITLOW, J., GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES}{Production:: LAPOINT, 1992}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.