North Carolina · Chatham County
Occurrence

W. H. Purvis Prospect

Chatham County, North Carolina, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeU
Materials
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockTuff
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026420
MRDS IDK005040
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.51704, -79.54449
References
BERRY, 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.