Mine detail: Shuford Mine

Previously called 'Catawba Gold MineCansler and Shuford Mine'

Location:	Catawba County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.64982, -81.05148
dep_id:	10078678
mrds_id:	W027142
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR BLANKET
work_type:	Surface
alteration:	Kaolinization In Brecciated Silica-Rich Sericite Schist.
conc_proc:	Minable Gold Was In The Zone Of Secondary Enrichment Above Unaltered Sulfides.
ore_ctrl:	Crossing Of Shear Zone S At End Of A Ridge Of Silica Rich Sericite Schist.
Reporter:	Whitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit:	Kings Mountain Group
hrock_type:	Quartzite,Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	In Eastward Trending Bodies Of Different Lithologies And Foliation, Small Displacement Faults And Shears In Sericite Schist.
tectonic:	Piedmont
disc_yr:	1840
discr:	Reportedly By A Slave Of Shuford
References:	Analytical Data:: PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 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., 60 PLS., 42 FIGS, ( DESCRIP., P. 72 ) Deposit:: PRATT, J. H., 1907 , MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. PAPER NO. 14 , P. 21 - 27 Deposit:: KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, VOL. 2 ., ED. 2 , P. 125 - 357 , 27 PLS, 3 FIGS, ILLUSTS., MAP, ( DESCRIP. P. 307 ) Deposit:: WHITLOW, J. W., AND WINDOLPH, J. F., 1974 , MAP SHOWING SAMPLE COLLECTING STATIONS AND GOLD ANALYSES IN AND NEAR THE SHUFORD GOLD MINE IN CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C.: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN - FILE REPORT, MAP 1 . SHEET SCALE 1:2,400 . Deposit:: 5) MINE IN CATAWBA TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: 193? DIREXPL OPERATED THE MINE A WHILE. SHARP (DECEASED) Deposit:: REPORTS IN GENERAL REFERENCES AVAILABLE. Deposit:: 1972 GEOCHEM J. W. WHITLOW AND J. F. WINDOLPH, GOLD IN SOILS NEAR THE MINE. Deposit:: 1977 DIREXPL FRED KIRKSEY OWNS PROPERTY AND PANS SOME FOR GOLD Production:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152