Description
Reportedly By A Slave Of Shuford
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR BLANKET
Ore controlCrossing Of Shear Zone S At End Of A Ridge Of Silica Rich Sericite Schist.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist,Gneiss · Kings Mountain Group
StructureIn Eastward Trending Bodies Of Different Lithologies And Foliation, Small Displacement Faults And Shears In Sericite Schist.
Tectonic settingPiedmont
AlterationKaolinization In Brecciated Silica-Rich Sericite Schist.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1840
Identification
Deposit ID10078678
MRDS IDW027142
Alternate namesCansler and Shuford Mine, Catawba Gold Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.64982, -81.05148
References
PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONTPARDEE, 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 )PRATT, J. H., 1907 , MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. PAPER NO. 14 , P. 21 - 27KERR, 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 )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 .5) MINE IN CATAWBA TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000193? DIREXPL OPERATED THE MINE A WHILE. SHARP (DECEASED)REPORTS IN GENERAL REFERENCES AVAILABLE.1972 GEOCHEM J. W. WHITLOW AND J. F. WINDOLPH, GOLD IN SOILS NEAR THE MINE.1977 DIREXPL FRED KIRKSEY OWNS PROPERTY AND PANS SOME FOR GOLDLUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152