Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlDisseminated Sulfide Minerals In A Contact Zone Between Felsic Volcanic Rocks And Granitic Intrusive.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockGranite
StructureNe-Trending Metamorphic Foliation
AlterationSilicic, Biotitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1880'S ?
Identification
Deposit ID10055246
MRDS IDRE00533
Alternate namesNewby
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.68426, -79.88756
References
CARPENTER, P.A.,III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA:NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION BULLETIN 84.LBROWN, C.B., 1934, UNPUBLISHED USGS FIELD NOTES