Mine detail: St. Catherine Mine

Location:	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.21094, -80.85925
dep_id:	10106087
mrds_id:	W028044
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue:	Ankerite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration:	Sericitic, Silicic, Carbonate
ore_ctrl:	Quartz Veins In Slate Pendant In Granite
Reporter:	*gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type:	Schist
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Ne And Nw Trending Fractures
tectonic:	Charlotte Belt
Year first produced:	1826
yr_lst_prd:	1908
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1826
References:	Analytical Data:: NITZE, 1896 ; SIX GROUPS OF ASSAYS WITH GOLD AT $20.67 PER OUNCE AND SILVER $1.29 PER OUNCE PER TON ORE Deposit:: 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. 129 - 131 Deposit:: MINE IN CHARLOTTE EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 2 , CH. 2 , TEXT P. 125-359 , MINE TEXT P. 289 - 292 Deposit:: 1893 COMPILE KERR, N.C. STATE, MINES Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINES