Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
SecondaryCopper
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model50: Climax Mo
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlIn Thick Ne And Nw Trending Quartz Veins And Low Grade Disseminated Along Contacts Of Granitoid And Country Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
GangueFluorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockSchist
StructureAdjacent To The Hollister Fault Zone, Locally-Deformed North-Plunging Pluton In Tectonically Deformed Schist. West-Dipping, N20e And N60w Quartz Veins Are Mineralized.
AlterationMuscovite, Chlorite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10008424
MRDS IDD000592
Alternate namesMoss-Richardson, Jones, Dryden
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.25841, -77.87999
References
ROBERTSON, A., ET AL., 1947, BOY SCOUT-JONES AND MOSS-RICHARDSON MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS, HALIFAX CO., NORTH CAROLINA: U.S.B.M. REPORT OF INV. 4156ROBERTSON, A.F., ET AL, 1947, R.I. 41561939 GEOCHEM AMERICAN ZINC CO.1942 DIREXPL USBMUNPUBLISHED REPORT WRIGHT AND ESPENSHADE USGSWRIGHT AND ESPENSHADE, USBM