Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsAurichalcite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationRocks Adjacent To Quartz Vein Are Chloritized
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10026450
MRDS IDK005087
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.94037, -79.38198
References
CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P