Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryMolybdenum, Tellurium, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony, Copper, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlAt Contact Between Felsic Eruptive Unit And Sedimentary Section.
Materials
Ore mineralsAltaite, Bismutite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Nagyagite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite
GangueDolomite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockDacite
StructureKings Creek Shear Zone, Isoclinal Folds (N 15-25 E) Plunging 20-30 Deg Ne.
AlterationSilica, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1830
Last production1895
Discovery year1829
Identification
Deposit ID10078171
MRDS IDW026349
Alternate namesCatawba Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.21039, -81.33899
References
WHITLOW, JESSE, 1967 , USGS, WALL ROCK SAMPLE 67 JW 321NITZE, 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.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.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.1.1896 COMPILE NITZE, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS1967 GEOCHEM WHITLOW, J., GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSESLAPOINT, 1992