Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlThin Quartz And Sulfide Veinlets, And Disseminated Sulfides In Wide Zone Of Altered Coarse Lithic Tuff
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueChlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
StructureNe-Trending Metamorphic Foliation, Local Shearing
AlterationChlorite, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1942, 1943
First production1942
Last production1943
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10026419
MRDS IDK005039
Alternate namesMillright Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.54677, -79.4342
References
SEE NIXON, 1954BERRY, E. W., 1943, THE COPPER PROSPECTS OF CHATHAM COUNTY: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. INV. 43 (OPEN-FILE), 8 P.CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.; NIXON, E.C., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HARPERS CROSSROADS AREA, SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY- RALEIGH, 39 P. SEE ALSO CONELY, 1958, P.20; PRATT, 1902, P.26.; KERR AND HANNA, 1888, P. 214; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, P. 62..NIXON, E.C., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HARPERS CROSSROADS AREA, SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY, NORHT CAROLINA: M.S. THESIS NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, 39 P.CARPENTER, P. A., III, NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84