Mine detail: Shuford Mine

Previously called 'Catawba Gold MineCansler and Shuford Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.64982, -81.05148

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR BLANKET
Discovery year: 1840

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Kings Mountain Group
Host type:Quartzite,Schist,Gneiss
Structure:In Eastward Trending Bodies Of Different Lithologies And Foliation, Small Displacement Faults And Shears In Sericite Schist.
Tectonic:Piedmont
Alteration processes:Kaolinization In Brecciated Silica-Rich Sericite Schist.

References

MRDSW027142
DEP10078678
Reference{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}
ReporterWhitlow, Jesse W., Klein, T.L.