North Carolina · Chatham County
Occurrence

Barringer Phillips Prospect

Chatham County, North Carolina, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlDisseminated Sulfide Minerals Associated With Quartz Stringer
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockTuff
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026424
MRDS IDK005046
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.52454, -79.44698
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.