Description
Bear Creek Mining Company
Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formLARGE OVOID STOCK
Ore controlQuartz-Sulfide Veinlets And Zones Of Disseminated Sulfide Minerals
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureEastern Charlotte Belt
AlterationSericitic, Epidotitic, Silicic, Biotite, Topaz
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1965
Identification
Deposit ID10095910
MRDS IDRE00639
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.28316, -80.55091
References
WORTHINTON AND LUTZ, 1975WORTHINGTON, J.E., AND LUTZ, N.R., 1975, PORPHYRY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM MINERALIZATION AT THE NEWELL PROSPECT, CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V. 17, NO.1, P. 1-14