Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlQuartz Veins In Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Limonite, Pyrite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockTuff
StructureNe-Trending West-Verging Doubly-Plunging Folds And Axis Parallel Faults., Shearing Adjacent To Quartz Vein.
AlterationChloritized, Carbonated, And Bleached.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1888
Identification
Deposit ID10026487
MRDS IDK005159
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.61259, -79.18504
References
BERRY, E.W., 1943, THE COPPER PROSPECTS OF CHATHAM COUNTY: N.C. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. OF INV. 43, 8 P.CARPENTER, P.A. III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, N.C.: N.C. MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION BULL. 84, 166 P.