Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlBreccia Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Cuprite, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Hematite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockBasalt
Associated rockArgillite
StructureBreccia Zone In Basalt Breccia
AlterationChloritic, Calcitic, Silicic, Epidotitic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055238
MRDS IDRE00523
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.92537, -79.07197
References
CONLEY, 1962POWERS, J.A., UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNC CHAPEL HILL.CONLEY, J.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 76.